09-26-2007, 10:10 AM
Apoc Wrote:Computer upgrades end up equaling how often people replace their consoles. You may piece together bits over time on a desktop but in the end you end up replacing everything for about the same cost and at the same pace as buying new consoles.
consoles = don't worry about upgrading but you replace the entire thing every few years
desktops = upgrade piece by piece but you've always got the latest and greatest
Same difference.
CLOSE except for when technologies change and you're faced with more than a new video card upgrade. i'm currently at that point (i squeaked by on technologies [agp, ddr1, ata133] for my last upgrade) that my next machine will be $1k+
in the long run, a pc will cost more, but you can do more with it. since i get machines from work to do that "more" part, i don't put much value it. i have no reason for a new computer other than my old one is rebooting randomly when under stress, but i'm building a new one anyway.
if you get a pc from work: consoles all the way
if you don't: you can make a case for pcs
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.