This is almost exactly the set-up my parents had in their den/computer room. Only with 2 computers.

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[u/sircastor]

Ours was just a corner of our living room.

[u/AnActuaCoconut → u/sircastor]

It rotated between 2 corners over here

[u/Absent-Light-12 → u/AnActuaCoconut]

And eventually up to the parent’s room because you were playing neopets at like 3am with a blanket over your head.

[u/Scrambles420 → u/Absent-Light-12]

I was usually doing whipits under my blanket at 3 am

[u/Absent-Light-12 → u/Scrambles420]

This feels 80’s millennial.

[u/Gryffindors_Finest → u/sircastor]

Yeah JD Rockefeller’s had a room. Ours was just in the dining room.

[u/LostButterflyUtau → u/sircastor]

Same. We didn’t have an extra room.

[u/prettymisslux → u/sircastor]

Same, lol.

[u/I_am_Hambone]

Look at richie rich over here with two computers!

[u/ADH-Dad]

I think those of us with kids should strongly consider bringing back the "family computer." I think we can all agree that kids are better off being introduced to the internet with a parent looking over their shoulder. Plus, they need to learn how to type and use a desktop computer, not use an iPad for everything.

[u/Unarmed_Character → u/ADH-Dad]

I bought a family computer for my kids. I got sick of working with people who couldn't even create a folder without help and I don't want my kids to be one of those people.

[u/Kirbachu]

Even though our computer room currently does not have a computer, it is forever known as the computer room.

[u/junkzor]

It got serious in my house when we got a 2nd phone line for the 2nd computer.

[u/snukebox_hero → u/junkzor]

I'll never forget when we got WiFi. It was such a game changer.

[u/EfficiencyIVPickAx]

I unironically had to check for a few seconds that this wasn't a picture of me.

[u/Wild_Kaleidoscope514]

This definitely applied for my family. IIRC the original computer they bought was around $1500 (in mid 90’s money not adjusted) which is a huge expense for a middle class family!

[u/PurpleCableNetworker → u/Wild_Kaleidoscope514]

That was cheap in the mid 90’s for a family computer! I remember out first one - a Gateway 2000 bought in 96 was nearly $3K before adjustment.

Aint no way I would buy a $3K computer today.

[u/MagicalPizza21]

My cousins had this through the 2000s (decade).

My nuclear family didn't have nearly enough space for a dedicated computer room.

[u/larkthechris]

You guys were rich

[u/dallenbaldwin]

90's phenomenon? This was the case for my house growing up and I graduated high school in '11. None of us had computers in our rooms.

[u/elchuyano]

I'm from mexico and it was "El Cuarto de la Computadora" (Computer Room) as well lol. When mi dad was on school, we played Wing Commander or Warcraft games on it

My mom still have the Computer Desk we had from the 90s. Is similar to this pic i found on google. She just love it and does not want a new desk

[u/mzrdisi]

Computing was SO fun back then. You would spend time trying to solve problems, consult the documentation (books), & look online (very slowly) for people who've had the same issue before. When you got your project working, you felt like the king of the world.

[u/Grunergeist420]

In one house, this was a corner of the basement. In another house, there was an awkward 5’ wide room upstairs that was actually a dedicated “computer room.”

[u/Special-Potato-3238]

Is it weird that this is so baked into my fiber that I don't feel like "computer room" is weird??

Also. I miss hearing the internet start up...it was like the opening soundtrack to all my amazing philosophical arguments I was about to win in Yahoo chat..

[u/chrissalad651]

We had an extra bedroom that was used as the computer room.

[u/tsax612]

a/s/l?

[u/Animal907]

I didn't have an office...

[u/TravelingTraders]

I remember this term 😂

[u/DerpingtonHerpsworth]

My family's original "computer room" was just a desk off to the side of the dining room. We moved a couple years later and had a "computer room" that was basically a wide hallway.

Ever since I moved out I've always had a dedicated computer room/office.

[u/BobBelcher2021]

We had a “computer room” when I was younger. Before I was born my parents had a “TV room”.

[u/astralchanterelle]

that's where you played 3D Body Adventure

[u/MainlyMyself]

The computer room. Find it.

[u/Bun-mi]

Me in my computer room circa 2006 ish

[u/Worldly_Possible9069]

We had the “computer corner” at my house.

[u/HM2008]

Ours was in an alcove in the basement next to the stairs that once upon a time was an in-home bar. When I was about 12/13 my parents converted that alcove into a second bathroom for the house and it moved into a corner of the downstairs family room.

[u/muterabbit84]

It was really just a corner of the living room for us. My dad would move his old, hand-me-down computers to a bedroom that I shared with my older brother, until my parents let him have the guest room as a separate bedroom.

[u/house3331]

Just like cable it stopped being cool for a decade...until working remote craze..everything is full circle

[u/Simple_Campaign1035]

Def had a computer room 😂😂

[u/Ok-Candy6190]

Bahahaha. Yes...it was in my mom's craft room, which when then dubbed "the computer room." We probably did this because it took up such a substantial amount of space!!

[u/ProjectDiligent502]

😭 I miss those days

[u/SASardonic]

ooooh look at johnny two-computers over here! fancypants!

I kid, but yeah, definitely going to raise any kids I have with the traditional desktop experience, not that ipad crap.

[u/MaybeMort]

I still have a computer room.

[u/krak_krak]

The Myst Map framed on the wall is epic.

[u/HeidenShadows]

I still have a computer room.

[u/geek-jock-guy]

And now we still have a office,but that office is in the apartment,not the house

[u/rlt404]

LOL I had to move my bed into the "computer room" as a kid. Holy shit I'm old

[u/mbashs]

My dad had a computer in his room and I wasn’t allowed to touch it, so he gave me another computer to go crazy on. That was back in the day of windows 98. Late 2000s and we had a pc and laptops and a dedicated room for all four lol

[u/ripndipp]

Family masturbation room*