Well Its Official

[Emperor's Child]

At the risk of bringing down the vengance of the computer gods, I've been pretty happy with my home PC... I bought it in June 1999 and it has been my little workhorse since. I bought a top-end for that time device with the hope it will serve me for a while, and it has done that job proudly. The only thing I've had to replace is a modem that got fried by a power surge on the telephone lines. I'm now holding on while the new 64-bit chips get sorted out, and when the market begins to mature in that area I'll upgrade.

Good luck!

[Wolfman77]

dogscoff said:
AT, what the hell do you do to your PCs to have them break down so often? Do you live near some kind of techno-hellmouth, or keep your computers buried in the back garden when not in use, or what?

Atrocities said:
Built Blue Box in 2001 to replace aging PII 400.
2002 P2 400 died
2003 was given HP - HP failed - replaced with used HP from HP. Finally ended up with this PC.
2004 - Roof leaked during rain storm. PC's drenched.
2004 - Blue Box started having issues.
2005 - Blue box failed.

Might have been better off burying them.

[Fyron]

Thermodyne said:
I would disagree with that statement. Bleeding edge is never enough. Engineering samples kick butt

Let's rephrase: For those that are not obsessed with pointless benchmarks, bleeding edge is never really worth it for a home user.

[Renegade 13]

But is nice to have

[El_Phil]

Nice to have but given a choice between a bleeding edge graphics card OR a complete new 2 month old machine for the same money... I know what I'd choose.