well I actually get the componants like you, a friend we know builds the stuff. and installs the os. When your mbrs went couldn't you just restore them? I mean the files were still there or did you need to reformat, I thought just loading the oses back on a rescue basis would poot them back or something. At 04:31 p.m. 7/04/2009, you wrote: >Hi Shaun, >Actually, I hand build all of my desktops, because they tend to be more >reliable, run better, and use higher quality hardware than you get with the >name brand computers like Del, Compaq, Gateway, etc. There is a good reason >why someone can walk into Wal-Mart today, pickup a Compaq desktop for $499, >and go home with a brand new computer. The reason being is often times the >hardware components in those computers are whatever they could get in large >quanities, for as little money as possible, and are whatever the manufacturer >has left over from an earlier run. Not to mention they get the cheapest, most >affordable software bundles, which cuts the cost of the computer, but isn't >necessarily the most desirable for anyone with a reasonable amount of computer >skills. >For example, the Compaq notebook I purchased last year comes with Windows >Vista Home Basic on it. Well, for the average computer user that is probably >ok, but there are definitely some disadvantages to using Vista Basic instead >of Ultimate. One of them is Home Basic will not allow you to change your >security polacies because the security manager, secpol.msc, is missing in Home >Basic. In Vista Ultimate if I want to fully customize User Account Control all >I need to do is go to the admin tools, launch the security polacy manager, and >tell it what features i want/don't want. In Home Basic User Account is on or >off. No way to change its settings. That really sucks, because you can't fully >customize the operating system like you can with Ultimate. >Anyway, the point of this e-mail is to say building your own custom computer >sounds geeky, but you get to choose exactly what you want, how you want it, >and it is fully customizable. It costs a lot more up front but it usually pays >for itself in the end. A good heavy duty name brand power supply that costs >$75 is probably going to last you longer than some no name wong foo power >supply that costs $35. I try to build my computers with stability, >reliability, and long term use in mind rather than try and sell x number of >computers with the least cost possible. >Of course the obvious disadvantage is that since I am fronting the cost for >everything, putting it together myself, etc I can't just send it into Del, >Compaq, or someone if something gets broken. I have to do that myself which >most of the time isn't a big deal since my desktop systems are usually very >low maintainance anyway. However, when something goes wrong like a system gets >hit by lightning, a motherboard dies, whatever it seriously burns my rear that >Microsoft will charge me for a new product key for Windows just because I had >to replace a hardware component. However, I think product activation and >machine specific keys are here to stay. > >Smile. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [email protected].
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