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I'm ready to build my own PC (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I am old. I remember when pricewatch.com and tigerdirect.com existed. You wanted to build a PC, you were picking parts manually uphill both ways while wearing an onion on your belt.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Darn kids these days with their PC Part Pickers putting their builds in a tidy list.

Back in my day, you went to Babagge's, CompUSA, Fry's, or the local small PC builder shop, and hope they had some decent parts in stock.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Microcenter. They were always very well stocked. Well at least most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love Micro Center. I wish they'd expand or offer online ordering and shipping.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's the first step to adding a bunch of third party sellers to their store and making it a pain to figure out what they have on hand locally. Looking at you pretty much every other big retailer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sigh. I'd disagree with you, but you're absolutely correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it sucks. It would be a cool idea but I have no confidence it wouldn't be enshitified almost immediately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I've never had one near me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

They used to print PC part catalogs... you know, on paper...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wait, what does the onion do in this scenario? That seems oddly specific.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It was the style at the time.

~~It’s a reference to The Simpsons.~~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I planned a build 2-3 times but never pulled the trigger. What I had for school was always "good enough" but I enjoyed the planning process.