I wholeheartedly agree! This summer I was about to pitch an old Gateway Pentium I That I pretty well gave up on after trying to upgrade the HD & CD. The thing just wouldn’t cooperate, so I put it in the garage to gather dust.
At a flea market one day I spotted a guy with tons of computer stuff for unbelievable prices. After a brief discussion I decided to part with $25.00 for a new mother board ( ide ) capable. Now I did this just for the kicks... I had no intention of using the system if I was successful.
I amazed myself.... after about two or three days with my hands in the guts... Wham it booted up... It was on of the most satisfying things I have ever done.
I will never buy a prebuilt again.. It did wonders for my confidence and my basic knowledge.
PS: I gave the old Gateway system to a kid in my school....You would have thought I gave him a ton of gold... That felt good too !!!!
Mine too!
And I worked with Mainframe computers for a living.
But Pc's are different.