Re: Building my own PC ... your advice will be invaluable.

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From: Art (notaname_at_notanisp)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:17:43 -0400

The trouble with advice about "waiting a bit longer" (to home-build or
purchase a computer) is that after the prospective builder or buyer "waits
a bit longer", the same advice will be given to him or her. It will ALWAYS
be "Wait a bit longer. There are new components (processors, memory,
graphics & sound cards, storage, etc., etc.) just on the horizon. Wait a bit
longer." It's never ending, is it not? Consider the history of personal
desktop computing. Continuous changes in hardware/software together with the
pricing of these components. It's a never ending process. If you "wait a bit
longer", you'll always "wait a bit longer". And life's too short for that.

Art

"SSDD" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2e84301c46b01$ce281850$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I will have to agree with waiting just a bit longer to
> build your own PC from scratch. There are a LOT of new
> technologies coming out in a very short amount of time.
>
> Unfortunately, this is the way of personal computing.
> You'll never build a the perfect system and not have it
> out-dated in a matter of a year or two.
>
> From what I understand though, BTX is to completely phase
> out ATX eventually. Naturally they can't just eliminate
> ATX immediately, but as I understand it will happen over
> time.
>
> If you need a computer immediately, I'd recommend maybe
> just getting the base model Dell that's selling for
> what...400 bucks or so after a nice rebate? Dell's sell
> well too. Use the Dell temporarily, build your dream PC,
> whether it be a powerhouse or not, and then just sell the
> Dell to somebody who might only need it for web browsing
> and stuff.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Miss Perspicacia....
> >
> >I think you're in the wrong group.
> >
> >You need to go to the "I'm not actually here to help
> >anybody, I just want to seem important" group.
> >
> >You waste more time telling people to go away than you
> do
> >answering the actual questions. The guy is building a
> >computer. It is DIRECTLY hardware related.
> >
> >It's amazing. All I do is see your name under any post,
> >and I know it will be telling people to basically go
> >away.
> >
> >So, YOU stop posting here, or in any other group. These
> >people want help and advice, not "Get out of this group
> >and go to another."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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