Is a computer useless without internet?

Not really..I think computers are still quite useful even though there isn't any internet connection. But the uses are just a few- it depends on the person.. But I would still prefer it having internet- you can do so much more..

These days we seem to be so dependent on the Internet that a computer without it seems boring and useless! Actually, it very much depends what you are using it for. Before I had the Internet, I was using the computer for word processing, spreadsheets and database work. I used to enjoy using DBase and writing programs in it (I was doing a Computer Studies course at the time and spent hours on my coursework). When I first encountered the Internet, it was mainly bulletin boards and newsgroups which were useful to me. The Web browser had yet to be invented (I seem to recall) and you had to use Telnet software to access stuff online. Gradually, over the years, I have become more dependent on the Internet than I would really like to be. These days I spend most of my time online and feel rather lost when, occasionally, I don't have access - even if it's just for a few minutes checking my email!

Hi dear, In fact internet usage is one among the many uses. Computers have so many other important and so much of different uses. Out of which internet usage is just one requirement. Basically, those who do all the accounting and programming and computer related works are highly complex and which will not fit in our minds. Such a complex uses are there with computers. In our life, computer is using for all works and those who are not using four such jobs, uses or accessing the internet via computer. But please don’t consider without internet computer is useless. If computer is not here, there is no internet. Please think what I mean. Thank-s

Hi stanley, They say necessity is the mother of all invention. I am not really a computer genius, just your next-door neighbor running on pure desperation just to survive, and I realized I have done more than just surviving, I also learned a lot of things in the process. Well, I could not say otherwise. Your discussion has sparked a new insight on my aging machine and I realized I have not been kind to her. I have considered upgrading its system to make it go online but what I did is to divert the funds it generated to other things, like buying a new watch and other house implements. I should be more kind to that piece of junk, right?

Hi stanley, "How do you that anyway?" Re on your inquiry, maybe it refers to my money-making rackets on my offline stone-age computer, here goes. The very first thing I did when I acquired the machine is to accept encoding jobs for students. It's not much, just typing their research draft and/or correcting them at a very nominal fee (10-15 cents per page). I still do it from time to time and in peak seasons when the term ends, when students panic and go for quick projects to have their clearances signed. My computer's daily diet, though, is to churn out page after page of document for all types of needs for all types of clients. Then I got this contract from an NGO on Natural Resource Management survey. I was a part of the team charged with the GPS for their GIS mapping, I used my personal computer to plot all the coordinates and prepare the derived maps for printing (the subcontractor still owed me USD165 for that). And yes, that old machine can still load GlobalMapper v.11 in just three seconds flat. It calculates coordinates/scales, plot fields, generate/modify maps, measure line and areas in any shape, faster than you can say "08 degrees, 20 minutes, 16.25 seconds North, 124 degrees, 35 minutes, 30.91 seconds East." One big break came just recently when I designed and published a souvernir program for a local church on their fund raising campaign. I used Correl x3 to lay out the designs and converted them to PDF files for printing on an Epson T10 with CISS. My computer handled that with flying colors except when the graphics became too heavy so I have to scale them down to 90-100 dpi. The Epson printer went on to semi retirement after printing 30,000 pages, 8x13 inches, grade 120 bond paper. Anyway, I got USD1500 for that contract. I have an incoming project just like the last one and that dinosaur of an offline eMachine is still rearing to handle it. I have considered online jobs for sometime now but I still haven't got the real chance to get some serious income from it, maybe in the future, I hope.

Hello stanly, Its not cool to say useless because it was invented long ago before internet connection begun.All offices, establishments at all kind benefited from it. Schools and students as well. I got internet connection in my office long time ago but i just used it when ever i need some information beneficial to my works and personal matters. I do all my works in my computer from writing letters, reports, finance matters, everything without having connected from the internet server. During free time i just play games and feel contented with it. But since i started into chatting and met people who are active in online jobs, they introduced me to a lot of these stuff including mylot. From then on, i cant live a day without opening my internet connection.

There are countless things to do with a computer without Internet. There are many many software applications that you can use for all sorts of things from changing details in photos to learning to type. There are heaps of word processing projects you can do. You can write stories. I spend time organising my photos but I don't do a very good job of it...there are many projects I could use to organise my photos.

since anything worthwhile is on the net yes without the net you have a car eithout the motor so you are not going any where at all. oh you can listen to your music files and play games on it but that gets old really soon. So I like my computer to be on the net all the time lo,..

Pretty much, they force you to connect if you want to use most software these days

My computer has gone down for weeks at a time and that is when I explored all the other programs on my computer. I did some well need correspondence and printed off the letters and sent them by regular mail. I typed up a bunch of my recipes to post when I got back online. I started getting my taxes together using another program that does not need the internet. There are games that came with the computer that I could play. All in all I got alot done with out the Internet.

No, I don't thinks so. If there is no internet, we can use computer to make some document work, or water video in computer, or just learn something, such as computer sofeware, office sofeware using, etc.. Computer is also use for work, and entertainment, not for internet only.

Well to me my computer is useless with out the internet since every thing I do on my computer is online.

Hey buddy, You still can do a lot of things with the computer without connecting to the internet. May be many people just know about watching the online movies, chat, email, surfing website and other matters with online. Once the internet line is down, they will really upset with their computer. Without internet, you can watch movies with CD or DVD, type and prepare documents, listen to music with CD or DVD, play games and son on. Computer is really a powerful machine.

I think it's still useful. You can play games on it, write papers, open and update spreadsheets for example. Although you would need to print your papers instead of emailing them like before. I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting, but it's still useful. You can make presentations too.

not really... i can still do stuffs like MS Office, watching movies and play games on my computer even though there is no internet... even though it will be less convenient for me... take care and have a nice day...

I wouldn't say that a computer is useless without an internet connection, it would just be a shame if it didn't have one. I write a lot on my wordprocessor on my computer, I store all my music and photograhs, I can edit my home videos on computer, play games if I want to and lots more without having to even open my browser. I wouldn't like to be without that connection, but if I didn't have it, I would still be using my computer quite a lot. I had a computer I used long before the Internet came into people's homes and thought it was a great thing to own then. _Derek

I guess it would depend on your need that things do become useless. I my opinion with out internet computer is still important, because all of my research, database, recorded lecture is here.

As i am software programmer i really can't tell that there is nothing that i can do on computer without internet connection .. But without internet it can be little boring. Honestly I am using lots of internet for my working and enjoying purpose. so without it, computer will not be totally useless but surely i will miss something important.

yes its true ! i can't even think about it (without having internet ) because without internet , computer is nothing ,there are only limited thing to do it on computer without internet . it will be also boring for anyone who use computer without internet.

No thats a riddiculous claim, if you haven't got an internet connection it doesn't make a computer useless. You can still play videogames on the computer. You can still type stories or documents on microsoft word, or presentations microsoft powerpoint.