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|game = ''[[The Sims]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[The Sims 3]]'' & ''[[The Sims 34]]''

|buy = Buy mode<br/>Build mode {{vgversion|TS4}}

|price = §999-§65006,500 {{vgversion|TS1}} <br/>§10001,000-§28002,800 {{Vgversionvgversion|TS2}} <br/>§800-§40006,500 {{vgversion|TS3}}<br/>§500-§15,100 {{vgversion|TS4}}

== [[The Sims]] ==

In ''The Sims'', computers are primarily [[Fun]] objects, with a couple of added bonuses to make up for the cost. A player who wants a Sim to have particular job may find it wise to have them invest in a cheap computer, as it will speed up their search fourfold as well as providing a good way for any [[child|children]]ren to study.

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Computers vary dramaticallydrastically in price, as shown below. Despite the difference in cost, the only thing separating the models is the amount of fun gained by playing on them.

|Send Email/Check Email

|Lets Sims chat online with other Sims; Sims may chat autonomously. [[Child]]ren can chat, but only with other kids. Raises Fun and Social, and canwill automatically end when Social is nearly full. Can fulfill a [[Wants and fears|want]] to meet somebody new. Boosts daily [[Relationship#The Sims 2|relationship]] by a point every few game minutes; most chats will not last long enough for this to be significant. If the two Sims are friends, will often result in the player being prompted to invite the other Sim over.

|OrderingOrder Groceries

|[[writingBook#The Sims 2|Write a Novel]]

|Builds [[creativity (skill)|creativity]] and [[Film and Literature]] enthusiasm{{vgversion|TS2:FT}}. The money made depends on the writer's creativity skill and their mood while writing. This feature is enhanced in ''FreeTime''.

|StartStarts a home-business or hire/fire employees.

|[[TheAt Simsleast 2:one FreeTime[[Pet]].

|SearchingSearch for Roommates{{vgversion|TS2:AL}}

|A Sim can search for a roommate to help with the rent. ThisOnly isone onlyroommate can be chosen. The number of roommates available foron Simsthe wholist livedepend inon anSims' apartment[[reputation]].

|[[The Sims 2:who Apartmentlive Lifein an [[apartment]].

[[Image:Playoncomputer.jpg|thumb|A Sim gaming on the highest end computer in ''The Sims 3''.]]

The features of a computer have again been changed, and reflect the functions of a real, present-day computer more realistically. With the exception of the [[chess]] feature, the types of computers are identical apart from the [[fun]] they give while gaming. ManyIn features of''The Sims 3'', many features of computers now have requirements such as [[traitTrait (The Sims 3)|traits]]s.

There are three types of computer in ''The Sims 3'' base game: the cheapest costs §800 and has a Fun rating of three, the mid-range computer costs §21502,150 and has a Fun rating of seven, and the most expensive one costs §40004,000, butwhich is a portable laptop. Another computer is added with ''[[High-End Loft Stuff]]'', the MindMax Uni-PC 7200 costing §3,450, and a laptop from ''[[Town Life Stuff]]'', FolioBit 791A Laptop, costing §5,000.

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|SeeRefine the Writing skill, write a novel, article, or screenplay.

|Lists five [[Career|job]] openings a day, jobs generally better than those found in a [[newspaper]]. Sims can also find a [[profession]] or register to be [[Skill career|self-employed]].

|Raises [[Logic]] and hidden Chess skills.

|Sim receives one book a week for a one -time fee of §250.

|[[File:Trait bookworm.png|20px|link=Bookworm]] [[Bookworm (The Sims 3)|Bookworm]]

|SolvingSolve the Unsolvable

|EarnsGrants money if the Sim succeeds,. anyAny interruption resultsmay inresult ain failfailure.

|[[File:Trait genius.png|20px|link=Genius (The Sims 3)]] [[Genius (The Sims 3)|Genius]]

|[[Hacking|Hack]]

|Sims can earn money doing this from 9PM9 PM to 7AM7 AM. May randomly cause the computer to get a virus and break.

|TrollingTroll on Forums

| Later Sims may check for responses, which gives good or bad moodlet randomly.

|Takes a couple ofthree hours and earns §600. Can be done an unlimited number of times at any time of day.

|Level 10 [[Law Enforcement]], forensicsForensics branchBranch

* The computers in ''The Sims 2'' also seem to have a "BSOD" screen, found in SimPE. BSOD stands for Blue Screen of Death, which iscan aoccur criticalas errorthe thatresult canof occura critical error in the Windows operating system. Though the BSOD screen does exist in the game, it isn't used. In ''The Sims 4'', when a computer breaks, it will have the BSOD screen from Windows XP/Vista/7 with the text in Simlish: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage" with "to your computer" omitted.

*Despite thatWhile ''[[The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'' takes place in a modern and city setting, thecomputers computer doesdo not appear in the game. They do, however, appear in the GBAGame Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions of ''The Urbz''.

* In ''The Sims 3'' and [[The Sims 3 (console)|''The Sims 3'' for Consoleconsoles]], if a Sim uses a computer while visiting someone's house, youthe player will get a message upon using itsaying "'''''Sim's name'' is behaving inappropriately! If he/she continues, I will have to ask him/her to leave.'''" However, using a Laptoplaptop, (Suchsuch as the Landgraab Industries laptop shippedincluded within ''The Sims 3)'', will not cause the message about inappropriate behavior to popupappear.