Makwana Kitchen & Interior A workstation is a computer designed for professional use by a single user. It usually has more capacity than a personal computer, but is not as high-powered as a mainframe computer that is designed to support very complex calculations and multiple users. Workstations provide people with computing power for a variety of tasks that may require high power, such as creating three dimensional digital models. Many computer manufacturers build workstations and can develop custom systems to order for unique applications.