And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:35:09 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>  
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:

>
> "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:op.t53yrkgoc3xi7v@news.povray.org...
>> Seriously can you imagine if a non-tech tried
>> to do this, imagine if they had to play match the wires for every USB
>> device they plugged in. Oops silly me all this is detailed in the case
>> manual... now what did I do with that?
>>
> Hehe. Great fun.

Indeed despite the fact that both you and I know what we're doing, it just  
shouldn't be this way in an industry that (used to) expect self-upgrading.

> I'm doing a major upgrade of my machine at the end of this month, and I'm
> considering getting it put together for me. I can assemble a computer and
> I've done it a number of times. It just takes so long.

There's that fast-food analogy again :-) Unless it's restaurant-type  
quality.

> Also I usually end up
> with more scratches from the case than I get from my cats in a month.

In all fairness, except for that heatsink, the number of scratches and  
pinches were inconsequential, but it wasn't a complete rebuilding.

-- 
Phil Cook

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