I give up !!!! Options

[alpha434]

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 2 2006, 07:39 PM)

funny thing is, even after 25 years, the internal components have not changed much. they got better, yes, but it's still the same layout. MB, CPU, RAM, HDs, CDs, power supply, fans. even the stuff on the motherboard is still the same.

Daughter boards disappeared. Optical networking never really went anywhere (or it hasn't yet.)

Otherwise, you're right. Computers suck. Even all the good cars were before computers.

[Porcharu]

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 2 2006, 06:39 PM)

QUOTE (alpha434 @ Apr 2 2006, 05:10 PM) And that's opinion i just bought a box for my office at fry's. 2.8GHz, 140 GB HD, 128MB Graphics, 1G of RAM ... $300 i used to build my own computers for many, many years, it's just not very economical anymore. plus, i've already learned anything one could possibly learn about the internals of computers, so that drive is somewhat gone ... been building my own computers since the early '80s ... funny thing is, even after 25 years, the internal components have not changed much. they got better, yes, but it's still the same layout. MB, CPU, RAM, HDs, CDs, power supply, fans. even the stuff on the motherboard is still the same. did you know that you could significantly speed up the data transfer from your floppy on a C64 by turning off the graphics card? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif) Andy

And that floppy was screaming fast compared to the cassette tapes!

I still build my own PC's - just to make em quiet. I hate noisy PS's my new one is almost completly silent. Can't hear it at all from 2 feet.