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Re: Strategy on the Decline

From	Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject	Re: Strategy on the Decline
Date	2024-06-01 16:59 -0500
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JAB wrote:
> On 29/05/2024 14:59, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> This depends.
>>> A local computer shop offers prebuilts that are not bad value at all.
>>> The caveat is they have almost no upgrade path except swapping out the
>>> video card, since they tend to have lower end motherboards and have all
>>> the ram slots filled already.
>>>
>>> You are correct if it's brand name junk like Alienware or any other big
>>> name, you get charged $500-1000 just to have their name on it.
>> I agree.
>>
>> My last two PCs were pre-builts. I could have -and in the past/have/-
>> built my own computers, but it's just easier to have somebody else do
>> all the work for me. Will that motherboard fit in the case? Is the
>> cooling sufficient? Etc.
>>
>> But of course, the price was an issue. EVERYONE knows prebuilts are
>> more expensive. But you know what? Not necessarily.
> 
> I haven't bought a pre-built for over twenty years but I think the price 
> margins between them and DIY just aren't the same as before and also now 
> there's lot's of companies that will allow you to pick pretty much the 
> parts you want. That was previously one of the big draws for me.
> 
> I did cheat a little bit with my last upgrade though as I had RAM + CPU 
> pre-installed because installing the CPU is the one bit I never liked 
> doing.

As far as strategy goes, I would have to say Dawn of War II is better 
than I had represented it as.  Thinking through what I own, if I were to 
play a strategy game right now, I would choose it.  Of other games, I'm 
patiently waiting for Starcraft III.  For some unusual reason Starcraft 
II is corrupted from install on my machine and haven't had any luck over 
a number of installs.

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Strategy on the Decline Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-25 15:32 -0400
  Re: Strategy on the Decline Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> - 2024-05-25 18:17 -0400
    Re: Strategy on the Decline Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-05-25 18:28 -0500
      Re: Strategy on the Decline Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-05-28 08:08 -0700
        Re: Strategy on the Decline Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-05-29 03:36 -0400
          Re: Strategy on the Decline Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-29 09:59 -0400
            Re: Strategy on the Decline Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-05-29 21:30 -0400
              Re: Strategy on the Decline Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-05-30 08:00 -0700
                Re: Strategy on the Decline Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-05-31 16:53 -0400
            Re: Strategy on the Decline JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-05-30 08:44 +0100
              Re: Strategy on the Decline Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-05-30 07:15 -0700
                Re: Strategy on the Decline JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-05-30 19:27 +0100
              Re: Strategy on the Decline Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-06-01 16:59 -0500
        Re: Strategy on the Decline Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-05-30 16:14 +0300
          Re: Strategy on the Decline Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-05-31 07:50 -0700
            Re: Strategy on the Decline Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-06-03 15:49 +0300
    Re: Strategy on the Decline Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-05-25 18:39 -0500
      Re: Strategy on the Decline Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> - 2024-05-25 21:03 -0400
  Re: Strategy on the Decline JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-05-26 09:10 +0100
    Re: Strategy on the Decline Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> - 2024-05-26 12:18 +0200
    Re: Strategy on the Decline candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-05-26 21:30 +0000
  Re: Strategy on the Decline Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-05-26 14:37 -0400
    Re: Strategy on the Decline Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-05-26 22:29 -0500
      Re: Strategy on the Decline Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> - 2024-05-27 12:28 +0200
        Re: Strategy on the Decline Lane Larson <lnlarson@stoat.inhoin.edu> - 2024-05-27 08:00 -0500

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