Micron...I remember you posting about that purchase. How long ago was that Wraith?
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Micron...I remember you posting about that purchase. How long ago was that Wraith?
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University of Cincinnati uses Micron in their labs.. not bad, except that they are all locked out. Oh well, thats what my PC is for.. not being locked up. :tongue:
I think I bougth this PC about a year ago, maybe a little over. In fact, it might have been a year and 1/2. It's a 1.2ghz.
WOW...1.2, now look where we are at. Didn't I see news on a new cpu just recently?
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Why buy overpriced prefab computers with often questionable components when you can just put together your own system with all the best parts for a hell of a lot less money? That's what I've been doing for the past six or seven years (Multiwave Direct has been my online store of choice since I started building my own computers). The only benefit I can see in buying an Alienware desktop is that they come in cool colors (big whoop) and they come pre-configured for gaming (they overclock the video card, install the latest drivers, and do other things that you can do yourself).
As far as factory computers go, Alienware probably has the best performance to price ratio, and they don't have crappy, cheap components in them (unlike most of the big name manufactured computers). If I didn't know how to put a computer together myself and I had a lot of money sitting around, I'd probably go with an Area-51.
Since you can't really build your own laptops, Alienware certainly looks like a good bet in that department. That Area-51m has got me interested.
Own one. Very happy.
I quit piece-mealing and building my own systems long before I left my teenage years. I would guess 1990 would have been about the last year I bough components and assembled, myself. I don't particularly enjoy hardware or the hassle of building. It bores me to tears to read about motherboards. It makes me curl into the fetal position when I read about different types of memory. I projectile vomit when I have to spend weeks researching components, then researching best prices, then receiving shipments - then having to do all the work. I'd much rather click "Configure", then "Check out" - type in a credit card number and receive it next day air, if I want to spend $60 on shipping. You could ramble off 5 sets of manufacturers and part numbers of top-of-the-line motherboards right now and I couldn't tell you if you were just making up information or not. And, I don't care. I can't tell you what components are in my car, either. I'd be hard pressed to tell you who makes the watch I'm wearing without looking at the face plate - not even considering what parts might be inside of it.Quote:
Originally posted by [AK]Palooka
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Building your own system isn't appealing. It's hardly rocket science. It's a time consuming hassle. I know plenty of people who soapbox about building your own until they are blue in the face. I have to think they're holding onto some strand of archaic computing lore. You know, the kind of historic storytelling of the late 80s/early 90s where a mere fraction of the people could even spell "CPU". It might of been worth a few neighborhood cool points back then. Today, it's just smells of 15 year olds with their MCSEs thinking they're performing some activity of "Computer Science".
It's just a computer. I'm going to "decomission" it and have it replaced with a bigger brother in a year (or 2, tops), anyway. I don't desire going through the rigamarole . I QUIT building my own machines lone before you owned your first. This has no relevant meaning other than I grew tired of thinking the few bucks saved versus time was worth much before you even had interest at all.
"they overclock the video card, install the latest drivers, and do other things that you can do yourself"
- Not everyone enjoys tinkering with thier computer like its some classic car in their garage. I use mine. I don't care to fiddle with it. I don't fiddle with my TV, my DVD player, or even my damn refridgerator, either. Perhaps, it's still enjoyable for you to sit in a room and "play" with your computer to varried degrees. I don't particularly share that interest.
There was a time that whenever I was ready to purchase a new system - I'd weigh the costs of building versus buying. As the years progress, it got more and more marginal.
Why buy a car when you can build your own?
Or a house?
Or a watch?
I can even grill myself steak cheaper than I can by going out, but I like going out.
Much the same, I don't like building my own systems.
Insert working on cars...especially mine, to the first paragraph and I relate to well to your descriptions. In fact, summer 1983 was my last attempt at self maintain and repair.
Then Alienware is your kind of company. They do the tweaking so you don't have to.Quote:
Originally posted by The Wraith
Much the same, I don't like building my own systems.
By gamers, for gamers. That sort of thing.
The only downfall is that for the desktop units they build to order, and it takes
a week or two for them to get it ready for you.
I don't even change my own oil. Hell, if I could get away with not even putting gas in the car; just getting in it and "going", I'd do it.
Where are all of the old gas stations I remember growing up. They pumped your gas, cleaned your windows, checked your fluids and added if needed and checked your tires.
Ah the good ole days...
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It's called Oregon, NR. It's the state out west in which it is illegal to pump your own gas, which I found terribly annoying in the four years I lived there.
New Jersey is like that too I believe. Or used to be.
I was thinking about building my next computer just to see if I could still do it. The only thing that I don't like about most off the shelf brand names is the crappy power supplys they put in.
ROFL...its a law? OMG...sounds like a union at work...lol
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I guess I'm going to have to visit there and take my movie camera.
Yes, in NJ they pump your gas for you. On the downside, you can't buy beer in a grocery store here. :P