[plug] [OT] pc builting confusion

[Richard Meyer]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 11:17 +0800, Ben Jensz wrote:

> 
> If your friend wants to get his computer to last anywhere near 10 years 
> (very doubtful you'll get near that), he needs to buy decent hardware to 
> begin with.  Its as simple as that.  If your friend wants to build a 
> computer on the cheap and have it last for a long time, you really need 
> to tell him it isn't going to happen.  Cheap and last a long time, very 
> rarely appear in the same sentence.
> 
What Ben's pointing out here is the old engineering rule of thumb -
Fast, Reliable, Cheap - Pick any two!

It's just as valid for computing as for engineering.
> 
> / Ben
> 
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