woodelf wrote: To assist you in managing your household, or Course! A home computer would be, I imagine, a computer installed somewhere in a closet or the basement, and it'd have connections for thin clients all through the house. It'd control your furnace, communications systems, lighting, heating, water supply, you name it. You'd use it to determine at what level of ambient light the room lighting switches on and at what times the curtains open and close, or what temperature your bedroom needs to be a the time you get up on workdays. It'd make sure your bath tub is filled at the right time. and that your toast and coffee are ready in the kitchen when you finish your bath, displaying your email on the kitchen's display while you breakfast. No, haven't seen many of them, yet. Only in a few proof-of-concept "home of the future" type projects. ,xtG tsooJ