----CASES
 
 PM>  === Now that sounds great. Maneuvering in those
 PM>  cramped cases with bad sheet metal work that
 PM>  slice up your fingers is something I can do
 PM>  without.
 
> When my original Packard Bell motherboard fried,
> or should I say _was fried_ by me in operating
> in close quarters (low profile case) I had to
> replace the M.B. with a salvage.
 
> That was indeed bloody.
 
> None of the seemingly razor blade sharp edges
> seemed to have been buffed at all.
 
> This is the ONLY reason I've not moved the
> motherboard and components from that case to a
> older, larger, less bloodthirsty case with space
> for a second drive and having a larger wattage P.S.
 
 === I can well believe it. Aside from the run of
 the mill scrapes and cuts I usually got from
 those sharp edges while futzing around inside
 the box, the worst offender for me was a sliver
 of metal no more than a hair's width sticking
 out from some edge and that I couldn't even see
 -- but from which I ended up with a really nasty
 gash, and completely mystified at what could
 have caused it. The same case got me twice the
 same way, before I checked the innards with a
 very bright light and needle nose pliers before
 doing any additional work.
 
 === As a result, shortly after one of these
 little accidents, I almost ended buying a 4 foot
 high tower case - monster size - just for the
 room it had inside. Was sorely tempted. But I
 didn't.
 
 === There were a few years in the 90s when at
 least a couple of manufacturers pushed those
 really stingy cases like the PB you mention,
 emphasizing the 'space-saving' aspect. I think
 BTW the edges in the very old cases from way
 back in the 80s were finished better. At least I
 don't remember getting my fingers chewed up as
 much.
 

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