On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 04:29:41PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > K.Takeshita wrote: > > >Sounds way too complicated to me. > >Buy a Mac, plug it and play it away! :-). > > Windows is pretty much the same way these days if you buy from a > company that doesn't include "free extras" like Dell. I guess even > Dell works well for most people, judging by their success, but I > really prefer to build my own machine so I can choose my own > components and configure everything just the way I want it. > Not the path for non-geeks, I suppose :)
The previous two computers I owned were built that way; find a good motherboard, fit your own choice of CPU, memory, etc., and add peripherals to taste. My last purchase was a built-to-order HP system; with their promotional pricing it was cheaper than doing it myself, and had everything I wanted. Nowadays I'd either go the same route or buy a secondhand box; a friend of mine can find truly excellent deals (such as his latest accquisition; 14 1U IBM eServers, each with 1GB of RAM, built-in SCSI, and with processors ranging from 1GHz P3s to dual Xeons, at an average price of $100 per system). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
