I would say it's only possible if your a newborn baby or in a old folks home because either way it would be hard for either or to be able to concentrate on using the computer properly. On the other hand if your between the ages of Teenager and getting ready to retire, then you will be touching a computer unless your a janitor or something then most every job uses one in some shape or form. To either communicate with someone, passing information or even storing information. Computers have or on the verge say maybe in 20-30 years will replace most jobs that do not need a human hand except to turn it on and off and maybe replace parts when they fizzle out.

The average user have become some dependant on a computer that most have more then 2 computers in their own home which includes 1 desktop and 1 laptop and maybe a 2 more of either or. But what can yo usay computer have made most peoples live simpler, while some angry that they just lost their job by getting replace by a computer. Which still happens from time to time because last year where my father works a bunch got laid off and got replaced by an oracle system to automate everything for them.

So as the computer become more advance so will the need to have a better system then anyone else.

i do spend a lot of time in front of computers. monday to friday i spend around six hours a day using one at work. then when i get home i use them another 2 hours or more and then different amounts of time on the weekend depending on what i get up to.

At home my main computer is in the livingroom, the screen is right next to my tv. I will usually have the compter running a lot even when i'm not using it with my instant messaging programs running if one of my friends wants something, or I'll look something up that was on tv. or check the tv guide online. Its so convenient to have it there and ready. with wireless keyboards and mouses it has become just another part of my livingroom.

I would find it very difficult to live without computers. My job at work would be quite a bit more difficult (and would probably need more than two people to actually do) but it woud be the things I take for granted now like being able to access information so quickly. to be able to do my banking and pay bills at any time I want. to communicate so easily and quikly, I can't imagine going back to writing people letters which would take DAYS to get to the recepiant.

As far as people using computers too much.. It really depends on if the computer is really affecting your life. Just reading through the replies here makes me wonder if people realise how much their computer is affecthing them. Social interaction isn't the same as chatting on the computee with your friends. especially when the people you chat to are people you don't know in real life. A lot of people these days find it easier to talk to people over the internet then talk to their neighbour next door, or the people that they work with. anyway i'm ranting on a bit now. but I hope some of you understand what I'm trying to say.....

Hm..I think that your subquestion - How much time does computer take from you? - is not the best, because the main question is, how many things you can do without your computer. Just think, almost everything today is governed by the internet as the most important thing of today's computer world - banking, bookings, school stuff, college-stuff, company-work,....

The thing is that time is not the most important variable here, but the amount of stuff you can do and actually do using computer and the internet!

It is quite interesting and even horrifying to see how much we are dependant of computers..

Best whishes

Living without computers .. It is definitely possible to a degree. But , taht life wont be fun. And the other side of the coin - Too much of computers aint much fun either, i guess ..

I am somewhat a computer addict as you are .. I spend about 8-10 hours a day on my computer. I would want to do some extreme programming or something very useful. But i usually end up , listening to some internet radio stations, spending my time at forums, watching movies, getting stuck up with some web design work ..

The routine has really become very monotonous. Nothing new in store,. Everyday i log on to a similar range of websites, . do routine work like checkig my mails, replying to what i have, answering my website queries, listening to some songs, foruum posting, scrapping at orkut, updating pages for my site, watching a movie, and playing some melody tracks and going to sleep. This seems to be pretty dumb when i think what i get to do all day at home. Isn't there something out there to do apart from getting stuck up with my computer ?

I think it would be better to get a feel of the world outside too. You don't get much of a chance to do physical activity these days. So, spending all the time on the computers at home, would not be advisable, i guess. I had a break for about 5 days without my computer. Me and some of my friends had gone for a tour. It was something which i was glad i did,. it was something really different . No computers , no html, no browsing, no movies. and it wasm't that bad. And it was a refreshing experience too. A nice feel good time, i got ,over there.

Definitely ,you cannot practically eliminate computer out of your world. But what you can do is, limit the time to something useful that you might be doing with your computer. Once you start to use your computer wisely, your life could get that much better,.. Try it out !!

I can definitely live without a computer. But considering that I spend most of my time on the computer. It'll be somewhat boring to picture my life without my computer. ;P I do almost everything on the computer. Chat, homework, research.

I did spend a couple of weeks without using my computer for entertainment purposes, but all it did was bore me. I spend about 6+ hours on the computer a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but I do think I spend too much time on the computer. My family has bugged me about it a lot. But most people around me spend most of their time on the computer, so I've gotten used to it, but living without a computer would be a great improvement to the health of people who spend half their day or more sitting in front of a screen playing games and such, unless it's something important.

For me, it depends on how much work I have to do. Basically, my schedule is built asking me these questions in this order:
1- Do I have important work? Yes, so spend time doing that.
2- Do I have something to do out there with my friends? Yes, then use remaining time for that.
3- Do I still have spare time (i.e.: nothing to do)? Yeas, then go on the computer.

Well, there are still a lot of people in the world who don't have a personal computer. They seem to make by just fine without one. For most people it's because they grew up without one and were used to not having one but I'm sure there are others that just have grown up without the need. As for myself? It could be sort of hard to get rid of my computer habits. I spend a lot of time in a day on my computer, usually depending on what I do after school or whatever, but my computer time may cut down some once I'm able to drive starting next week because I'll be able to go out and do more than I can normally do. It'd be hard though to do it altogether because now that they are so common, teachers require students to type up work, which ya can be done at a library but it's nice to have the resource at home. I can spend as little as 1 to 6 hours a day on the computer, it ranges though a lot.

Somehow I doubt I can live without computers, or even the internet. It would kill me to have to edit a hand written essay, and it would cause so many problems if I needed to use the library for resources, and talk to people on the phone. In fact I don't remember using a phone for quite a while. Computers are really amazing if you ask me.