Everyone Should Build Their Own PC and Stop Using Macs

https://www.americanpurpose.com/blog/fukuyama/why-everyone-should-build-their-own-pc-and-stop-using-macs/

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josefresco• 5 years ago

My nephew just built a gaming PC and I couldn't be more proud. Having built my first in the late 90's I was sure by 2020 that the ability to build your own computer would have been stamped out by corporate greed. I'm also thrilled he wants to build a PC.

jacksonkmarley• 5 years ago

When I finished my EE degree and got my first job as a "Software Engineer", my first day the guy in charge of setting me up gave me a whole bunch of new components in boxes and a PC case and disc with an OS and told me to get started. Well played.

aldonius• 5 years ago

While I certainly agree building your own PC is a great thing to do, there's an elephant in the room that the author doesn't address: laptops outsell desktops by 2:1 (see [0]) and that trend is only strengthening.

An example is the “lightning” connector that was first introduced on the iPhone 7 and replaced the old 3.5mm headphone jack.

... Also probably could've done with a smidgen more fact-checking.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-...

Everyone Should Build Their Own PC and Stop Using Macs

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