Originally posted by: BlipBlop
I quit a loooooong time ago. Computers are a waste of time and energy. The only reason people keep tweaking and screwing around with them is because they really provide no inherent satisfaction on their own, and the perpetual "improvement" gives a sense of something good to come around the corner. After all, surfng the web was perfectly doable by the 500mhz machine you had four years ago.
Spend it on a camera, or on a guitar, or on something whose function itself will provide enjoyment.
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Once every three or four years I research for a couple of months and then I build a new computer. Once I get it running properly I don't add anything or change anything. I have very few problems. The point of the computer is to enjoy what it can do for you.
Originally posted by: BlipBlop
I quit a loooooong time ago. Computers are a waste of time and energy. The only reason people keep tweaking and screwing around with them is because they really provide no inherent satisfaction on their own, and the perpetual "improvement" gives a sense of something good to come around the corner. After all, surfng the web was perfectly doable by the 500mhz machine you had four years ago.
Spend it on a camera, or on a guitar, or on something whose function itself will provide enjoyment.
Originally posted by: BlipBlop
I quit a loooooong time ago. Computers are a waste of time and energy. The only reason people keep tweaking and screwing around with them is because they really provide no inherent satisfaction on their own, and the perpetual "improvement" gives a sense of something good to come around the corner. After all, surfng the web was perfectly doable by the 500mhz machine you had four years ago.
Spend it on a camera, or on a guitar, or on something whose function itself will provide enjoyment.
Not that I didn't overclock and tweak when I was younger, just don't care to fiddle with the PC anymore..
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Funny you should say that, I've been feeling the same way lately, granted I have gotten most of my upgrades quite cheaply compared with MSRP, and I have the money to spend, but why? I guess I don't have anything else to spend it on heh.Originally posted by: Skoorb
I already have My PC sits here not having been upgraded in nearly a year and I just play Xbox instead. I used to be a diehard PC upgrading maniac but now I simply don't give a damn. It's a goal-less money pitt. I mean why do people really do it? Most hobbies are useless and so you can just chalk it up to that I suppose, but in the end I just got bored with it. Same ole thing of parts getting faster and me "needing" to add more in, but I tired with it.
Computers, like anything else, is a hobby. So what if you dont have the latest and greatest. It at least gives some people a way to relate
I like to boost it and get more then I paid for
Originally posted by: BlipBlop
Computers, like anything else, is a hobby. So what if you dont have the latest and greatest. It at least gives some people a way to relate
I never said it couldn't be a hobby. It was for me until I realized that it wasn't really all that much fun - when I actually was tweaking, it was to fix something I screwed up, and when it was working, I was planning on what to do next since there was nothing to do! Soon, I also realized the amount of money I was wasting on unnecessary parts. I'm not a gamer, and if you aren't a gamer (or a graphic designer perhaps), then you don't even NEED to upgrade your computer past the 1ghz mark. I run an 800mhz desktop and a 750mhz laptop and for what I do (word processing and web surfing, which is about all that non-techies will need) is plenty.
So, for me, computers wasn't worth it as a hobby. It wasn't really fun and was very expensive. I have other parts of my life that I want to improve, or at least focus on, and I'd rather relate to other people in those departments. From what I've found, there's really not much beyond computer hardware that binds techies together anyway, apart from the fanaticism of Star Trek and LOTR.
I like to boost it and get more then I paid for
Yeah, that's often the kick in doing overclocking, but considering the price of that Alpha30whatever heat sink, or that cooling-setup you've got, you haven't really saved anything. And if you aren't bothering to spend the time and money on those things, you really aren't spending enough time on it to call it a hobby, anyway.
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Once every three or four years I research for a couple of months and then I build a new computer. Once I get it running properly I don't add anything or change anything. I have very few problems. The point of the computer is to enjoy what it can do for you.
I never said it couldn't be a hobby. It was for me until I realized that it wasn't really all that much fun - when I actually was tweaking, it was to fix something I screwed up, and when it was working, I was planning on what to do next since there was nothing to do! Soon, I also realized the amount of money I was wasting on unnecessary parts. I'm not a gamer, and if you aren't a gamer (or a graphic designer perhaps), then you don't even NEED to upgrade your computer past the 1ghz mark. I run an 800mhz desktop and a 750mhz laptop and for what I do (word processing and web surfing, which is about all that non-techies will need) is plenty.
So, for me, computers wasn't worth it as a hobby. It wasn't really fun and was very expensive. I have other parts of my life that I want to improve, or at least focus on, and I'd rather relate to other people in those departments. From what I've found, there's really not much beyond computer hardware that binds techies together anyway, apart from the fanaticism of Star Trek and LOTR.