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Very interesting. What kind of software do you have on the computers? Is there anything, beyond the physical separation, that supports the purpose of each device?

(Maybe something as simple as physical location, color, a "sticker", or something else altogether.)

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Only software on the machines are strictly for what I am using them for. I have a router with a harddrive if I do download something and want to put it on another machine, but I don't remote desktop into them or anything. Each computer is on a separate desk, own monitor and mouse and keyboard. I just like it separate and not complicated. Keeps work stuff super focused and clean, for me. I could network them more if I wanted to, but gets the job done.

> Keeps work stuff super focused and clean, for me.

That's exactly why I find this setup so appealing; it really works with the natural tendencies of our minds, as opposed to constantly presenting us with a situation where we have to choose not to do one of the many distracting options just a twitch of the finger away.

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