Hehehe....yeah those little things that hide an bite you in the ass. LOL I put one together and spent 3 hours trying to figure out why it wouldn't fire up, just to realize that I forgot to plug the cable to the power supply (one of the modular PS where you only plug in the cables that you need instead of having the 50 hardwired cables that you don't use.) From unpacking to having everything installed takes about 8 hours or so. Win 7 is a pretty quick install.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Smith [mailto:chedders...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:58 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: my new computer, i think ive found it That's a good point. I can build a pc from the ground up in about an hour or two, but I've done it many times. If you give it a Saturday, you should be fine, assuming everything goes well. If it does not go well, it can take time to troubleshoot, wait for the replacement part to arrive, etc. It can get really, really, bad, though I've never had it happen to me. Having an additional computer online for access to forums and downloads is a my. My worst experience was plugging in my new rig, filling the switch and... Nothing. Checked everything. Rechecked everything. Then I remembered my Dad tripped the breaker a week before messing with the wiring and I never reset it. Flipped it and she booted right up, flawlessly. What a releif. Dell is a good company, I send clients there that I can't support directly. My parents bought a dell and love it. If you are on the fence, spec out a dell, then get the parts into your shopping basket on newegg. Do a price comparison. Is the hundreds of dollars you save worth it, or is the extra expense worth it for something that arrives at your door ready to go and has tech support attached. I like spending time on tom's hardware reading the build suggestions even when I'm not putting something together, and I want to hand select my components because I want the absolute best. I have a friend that spends his Saturdays tinkering on his car and does all the repairs himself. Same thing. Maybe that's you, maybe not. You just need to decide who you are. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > imma try that too... dell, and the build my own, but idk, that seems > > subject to problems, with no warranty. > > In my opinion, the build your own route is totally dependent on how > much free time you have and if you want to spend that free time stuck > inside working on your computer instead of outside enjoying a sunny > day. I will never build another system myself - just don't have the > time to maintain it when it needs work. I'd rather be outside, or > reading a book, or pondering my belly-button lint. Anything but > sitting at my computer during my free time. > > If you are looking at a PC - I would avoid Best Buy's markup and go > direct to someone like Dell. I have several Dells and they are not > the end-all-be-all but they seem to be the best balance of quality / > price in my recent experience. My Dell laptop screen started going > out and they actually sent someone to my home to fix it. Total > downtime while the guy was fixing it, 30 minutes - I watched him do > it, and it was free. Doing that type of thing myself would have > killed way more than 30 minutes. Bringing it to a place like Best Buy > and leaving it for 3 days with some high school kid with a Geek Squad > shirt on? No thanks. > > If you have any interest at all in switching, I'd also look at Apple's > MacBook Pro. A product line refresh is due out soon and it's a very > sexy product. It will run Windows in VM too, so your SQL Server > problems are handled. I have a feeling you may not want to take this > route though. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314758 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
