As the PC was the original computing device, it was indeed very general, and many remain this way today. I also host VMs on my main PC, as well as gaming client

As the PC was the original computing device, it was indeed very general, and many remain this way today. I also host VMs on my main PC, as well as gaming client and server, media center, social terminal (fb, hn, email, text & voice & video chat, etc) & main programming environment. But at this point, I'm about ready to fragment these roles into dedicated hardware -- dedicated server for VMs, RasPi for media center, phone for social terminal, laptop for programming environment & admin/control for all the other devices. The only thing really holding me back is that there really isn't a good replacement dedicated device for PC gaming. Even though some consoles use PC-grade hardware, and keyboards and mice can be made to work on some, it's just not the same.