On 03/26/05 10:47 pm Franklin tossed the following ingredients into the 
ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> I know it's not for everyone, but I built my last three computers on my
> own. It's not hard, read the instructions that come with everything
> completely once or twice, then refer to it often, watch for sharp edges
> in a cheap case, plug in everything in the right place (it's pretty
> much all marked and/or indexed), fire it up and install ECS on it!
> OK so there's no service contract or labor warrenty, but it can be a
> lot of fun and rewarding! And I believe one can end up with a better
> product for less.
> 
> Well I know not everyone is a computer builder, just as I am not a
> programmer. :-)

Except for notebooks, I've built every computer we (family of three, 
each with own computer) have had since 1989 or so, but about three 
months back Dell was offering a deal on Xeon servers that was sorely 
tempting -- cheaper than I could build my own, and free of the Micro$oft 
tax and without one of those keyboards with the F-keys in the wrong 
place or a mouse (I prefer a trackball). It was only because funds were 
a bit tight at the time that I didn't buy one to run eCS SMP.

-=-
Alan



 
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