On 09/07/2012 19:36, Owain wrote:

On Jul 9, 6:56 pm, John Rumm wrote:
The advantage of pre-built is you get someone else to sit through the
tedium of OS installs!

Are you compiling Gentoo from source?


It was a slightly humorous comment, but there is the serious point that
if you want a machine with windows and office on it, its potentially a
couple of hours of waiting about getting them both installed and patched
up to the current configuration. That may be enough to sway a decision
where there is only a few quid difference in price between components
and pre-built[1].

(patching speed being partly a function of your internet speed as well)


[1] When discussing pre-built, its also worth thinking about the big OEM
built systems. With many of those, your software problem is the other
way around - you spend hours uninstalling all the crapware they loaded
for you!

--
Cheers,

John.

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