hey dude you've done a great work.

This will be very useful for the people who are gonna buy a new computer. These can also be followed when we are about to buy any electronic device or software.

Keep the work going on.

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my advice: ask someone who knows about building hsi/her own computer to help you out

he/she probably knows the best shops, the best parts, the best everything learn from his/her experience

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Building your own computer based on your liking is my preference.

Also when acquiring free softwares it is much more easy to have an open source because it is always developed and maintained. ^_~

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In the past, I've always bought the extended warranty when purchasing my electronics: laptop, ipod, printer... all that jazz. I guess I've been lucky but I've never really used / taken advantage of my warranties. I've found that a lot of the warranties extend from 1 yr to 3 yrs which is great if you're looking at the "better be safe than sorry" side of things. But the fact to the matter is (and from personal experience as well), by the time 3 years has passed, the technology has changed so much that the initial cost of the warranty could probably afford a new model of the product that you need repairing.

Long story short, I really have to ask myself if warranties are worth it. I guess this is relative to the user. People who really push their equipment ought to opt for a warranty (assuming that using something more increases its chance for malfunction) while users who are sure to take care of their purchases should think twice before shelling out the extra cash. I guess I’m still a believer that if the object is a problematic one, the problems should come through during the one year warranty term.

In regard to computers, I feel that desktops are better if they are built than if they are purchased as a bundle. There’s greater customization and of course, knowing what is in your computer (because you’re the one who put it there) is a pretty good feeling.

But if you’re thinking of buying a computer now, perhaps reconsider and hold off your purchase for the time being. With Windows Vista being released soon (perhaps sometime this Christmas holiday?) and being as demanding as it is, it would be safe to assume that a lot of the hardware that is out there right now wouldn’t be quite up to par.

Ah technology. We can never keep up.

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#1 Always go custom, brands like dell, ibm, hp, etc are worthless, example if you buy a 2.8Ghz PC you will most likly get a motherboard that can only handel upto 2.8 or maybe 3.0Ghz which will cost you alot more later in life b/c to upgrade you will most likly have to buy all new parts.

#2 Warranty, usless computers always die after the warranty is up, like I payed an extra $500 to get my 1yr extened to 3yrs and to cover some more issues and 1 month after 3 years everything started to break.

#3 Supplier, the bigger the company the more they order and the more likly the parts will be cheaper since when you buy in huge bulk prices are cheaper so large companys will pay less and charge you less.

#5 System configuration, if you just use you computer for day-to-day basic things 2.8Ghz with 512MB-1024MB of RAM and a cheap 128MB video card would do, gammers.. AMD 2.2-2.6Ghz, 1024-1536MB of ram with a 128-256MB video card a 512 would just be a waste since most games don't support 512 so it won't preform any better and when games start to support 512MB there will be more advanced ones out.

#7 Monitor, Gammer CRT, day-to-day use LCD.

#8 Operating System, linux! debian if you advanced, if you not try using a live cd of knoppix to get used to it then install something like fedora then once you have a good understanding you can install debian.

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