bought an IBM Aptiva back before 1996ish. That thing got me through college and springboarded my PC-geekdom. Built them starting after that.
Never tried porn with gestures, eh?I readily admit I may be wrong, but I look down on and LAUGH AT any FOOL who'd rely on a tablet, since tablets are for idiots...
January. Bought a Mac Mini to replace the one that was stolen by my ex.
It's good for the money, but it's going to be sloooow for gaming load times (read 5400rpm HDD), check out sager notebooks, they are an established company and for maybe 100-200 more you can get something similar with a good HDD and better build quality.
Yesterday at work I loaded half a dozen HP PC's that were being delivered to a local business. Made me think - I haven't bought an off the shelf PC in years!
So when was the last time you bought an off-the-shelf, name brand computer (non-laptop of course)?
While a fair amount of savings can be found in the parts side, once you factor in the cost of your time building computers can often become a losing proposition. For average system usage, it can be more of a win to buy a $500 box and throw a few quick components at it than to build one from scratch.
While one CAN build a computer (the one I'm on right now was built about a year ago), it does not always mean one MUST. My two systems previous to this one were $400 box-store closeouts that I threw a PS, video card and some memory into (in some cases, hand-me-downs between systems to boot) that ended up getting me to 98% of the performance for 80% of the price and 20% of the time invested (not including waiting for shipping of individual components).
Ability and Reasonability are a pair of concepts all too often mixed up.
the 90s without a computer?
you missed out bro.
Not counting a laptop... never.
Haven't bought one for home in about a decade if even then.