12-21-2014, 01:03 PM
(12-21-2014, 12:21 PM)EdK Wrote:... I build my own computer systems and I know how long it takes to get the thing up and running and it's usually a couple of days, if all goes well. ...
Ed
I build the ones I care about ... i.e. the development machines ... agonize over the motherboard and CPU, three spindle soft RAID 5, dual boot, and all that, and like you go thru the days of ordering, putting everything together and then configuring it all, but I don't consider the domestic machine worth the effort.
It is a minimal system where buying a resonable mother board, memory, CPU, case, power supply, DVD, drive and OEM Windows 7 Pro comes to only slightly less than what Micro Center wants for an open box machine plus it comes with a 15 day return policy. I think of it as a semi-disposable surfing and email machine.
As you can see I have managed to get Chrome installed on it [after waiting for 101, then 9, then 4 Window system update sessions] so at least I can browse and have web email without having to go thru my work laptop.
Now to go measure some voltages on the Miller Dynasty 350 and try and figure out what that is all about.
Arvid