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Originally Posted by wodin
Which is exactly why mom and pop white box builders have been able to scratch out survival, but they are few and far apart. I worked for one as a PC tech in the 1990's, it was one of only a couple left in the Honolulu metropolitan area that survived the big box influx.
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My local PC retailer of choice is part of the Micro Center chain. They stock just about everything, and I can order on line and then go pick it up, and they are open seven days a week. This is a boon, as I normally need whatever it is
now, and not "place the order, and wait for it to be shipped and arrive".
They have an extensive DIY section aimed at those who like to build from components, who are mostly gamers. I got cured of that bad habit. My needs aren't all that extraordinary, and an off-the-shelf system meets them handily. (The current desktop is a refurb off-lease corporate box. It had adequate specs, and came with Windows, Chrome, Adobe Reader and Java, but
didn't have any of the trialware that bloats new offerings. The stuff it had were all things I'd want anyway, so I was pleased.)
There are assortment of folks around where I am offering repair services, but no one I've seen lately offers custom building. If you need a custom built system you are probably somebody who
can DIY. All you need is the parts.
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Dennis