leatherhat said:
rocketpig said:
leatherhat said:
rocketpig said:
leatherhat said:
The first problem I'm seeing in this thread is people buying prebuilt. If you are buying prebuilt you already fucked up, regardless of what OS you run.
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Some of us don't have the time (or patience) to sit around for 6-8 hours building a computer and loading an OS onto it.
Time IS worth money. If you like building a computer yourself, great. But some of us feel there are better things to do. I spend all week ripping apart computers, installing new hardware, updating OSes, etc. I don't feel like doing that shit at home.
I also don't change my own car's oil or work on it at all, even though I am entirely capable of doing so. That's why I have a job... so I don't have to work on shit I don't want to do at home. I'll let someone else do that for me.
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It doesn't take nearly as long as that- maybe 2 hours. And its worth it when those two hours save can save you anywhere between 1-3 grand plus you get a much better quality machine.
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No way are you assembling a complete computer and loading an OS in two hours. No freaking way. I've built more computers than I can count and it's nearly a two hour process just getting everything unboxed, bolted together, plugged in, and assembled into the box.
Then there's the OS, drivers, optimization, file transfer, software, etc. etc. etc.
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And you can walk away from it while they install, and do something else.
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Not to mention if there is a problem you could be ripping the hair out of your head for days trying to figure out which component is bad. You also have to spend time ordering the components, making sure they are compatible, dealing with separate warranties. If you order accidently order the wrong part, you have to repackage it, send it back, get a new one, which is more time that most people don't have.
