It's new computer time, whether I want it to be or not, and in the past few weeks I've left various messages on different Usenet forums seeking advice on what to buy. It looks like I'm going to choose one of two paths, and would like advice on how to proceed.
1. I can build it myself. I've done so a couple of times in the past, and if I get real lucky, maybe everything this time around would snap together without giving me a lot of incompatibility grief. But what's likeliest is that I might be in for days or even weeks of trying to resolve why-doesn't-this-work-with-that questions. I'm not a hobbyist anymore. I want to get it done.
2. I can buy it from someone else, in which case I get to choose from two types of vendors, so far as I can tell now :
- Big players like Compaq, Dell, etc., who want to lock me into their standard with proprietary cases, motherboards, etc.
- Overworked, underpaid little guys who do all kinds of sloppy stuff that drives me nuts ... assemble a big-buck motherboard with a completely inadequate power supply, or screw up half the BIOS settings when so-and-so component doesn't work at the last minute, and they just want to make the PC functional so they can get it out the door and rid of me.
If I could just find an assembler who :
1. Is big enough so that I don't fear that she, he or it will go belly up within a few months.
2. Uses standard parts, so I can upgrade.
3. Has done the suffering for me in terms of learning which components get along with which other components, and will package a system in whichthe components are appropriately matched ... in other words, no Pentium 4s with slow memory!
4. Will support what she, he or it sells, and
5. Will charge me a reasonable premium for all this ... I expect to pay that!
Any recommendations?
1. I can build it myself. I've done so a couple of times in the past, and if I get real lucky, maybe everything this time around would snap together without giving me a lot of incompatibility grief. But what's likeliest is that I might be in for days or even weeks of trying to resolve why-doesn't-this-work-with-that questions. I'm not a hobbyist anymore. I want to get it done.
2. I can buy it from someone else, in which case I get to choose from two types of vendors, so far as I can tell now :
- Big players like Compaq, Dell, etc., who want to lock me into their standard with proprietary cases, motherboards, etc.
- Overworked, underpaid little guys who do all kinds of sloppy stuff that drives me nuts ... assemble a big-buck motherboard with a completely inadequate power supply, or screw up half the BIOS settings when so-and-so component doesn't work at the last minute, and they just want to make the PC functional so they can get it out the door and rid of me.
If I could just find an assembler who :
1. Is big enough so that I don't fear that she, he or it will go belly up within a few months.
2. Uses standard parts, so I can upgrade.
3. Has done the suffering for me in terms of learning which components get along with which other components, and will package a system in whichthe components are appropriately matched ... in other words, no Pentium 4s with slow memory!
4. Will support what she, he or it sells, and
5. Will charge me a reasonable premium for all this ... I expect to pay that!
Any recommendations?
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