22 Jun
2010
22 Jun
'10
7:36 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wheeler" <bdwheele at indiana.edu>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: Heathkit (was RE: partial P112 kits)
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 09:59 -0400, Teo Zenios wrote:
I use newegg all the time for my gear. Back in the early 90's I could get
parts shipped in form California (which got them direct from Taiwan) to
build a machine, run it for 6 months, get bored and upgrade and sell the old
machine for a little less then what I paid for it. These days it would be
hard even with newegg to piece together a machine cheaper then a mass
produced dell (unless you want something very specific). There is no reason
for the masses to even bother trying to roll their own.
Same with computers,
building your own will probably end up costing more then the same
quality
DELL on sale.
Well, maybe in some instances, but NewEgg is pretty good...and it is
certainly easier to build machines from parts now than it used to be.
That said, it sometimes is worth it just to pay a little extra to not
have to futz with getting things 'right'