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Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.



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Pre-built desktops from more general stores like Wal-mart are a thing of the past.
Most people will build themselves with parts from a more specialist store



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ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.



oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.

It's called the Internet. You're using it right now xD. Not that hard to YouTube instructions 



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kinisking said:
oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.

It's called the Internet. You're using it right now xD. Not that hard to YouTube instructions 

yea,like it's that simple. I don't do the whole online ordering thing,so how would I get the parts? Not everybody has the know how are capacity to build pc's. What might be simple to you,might not be that simple to other's. when it comes to pc's,I'm like that old person that does'nt understand how to use smartphones. 



oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.

What he probably meant is that nowadays makes mores sense to go a Computer store, where they can better understand what you want but also what you need, rather than go to a mainstream retail store.



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oldschoolfool said:
kinisking said:
oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.

It's called the Internet. You're using it right now xD. Not that hard to YouTube instructions 

yea,like it's that simple. I don't do the whole online ordering thing,so how would I get the parts? Not everybody has the know how are capacity to build pc's. What might be simple to you,might not be that simple to other's. when it comes to pc's,I'm like that old person that does'nt understand how to use smartphones. 

It is simple though, you simply look at the slots, look at the card and see "Oh, this fits here... hey, this is just like that shapes game I played in pre-school where I had to fit the square in the square hole and the triangle in the triangular hole".

 

yeah, that is pretty much 80% if not more, the rest is the fine screws and then installing everything, making sure you don't drag your stuff on the carpet and plugging it all in but plugging it all in is the same task as above.



JEMC said:
oldschoolfool said:
ikki5 said:

Who the hell goes to walmart or a even a main stream retail store to buy a pre-made desktop computer? That's just stupid and a complete waste of money.


well,not everybody knows how to build pc's. I personally would'nt even know were to begin. I did'nt know you were everybody else.

What he probably meant is that nowadays makes mores sense to go a Computer store, where they can better understand what you want but also what you need, rather than go to a mainstream retail store.

There are pretty much no computer stores around any were. It's pretty much just the mainstream retail stores,are ordering stuff online. those are pretty much your only options.