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<blockquote data-quote="mps42" data-source="post: 1653775" data-attributes="member: 9571">okay...&nbsp;This is essentially true but my point was that most (not ALL) &quot;pre-built&quot; systems do not allow upgrading by the user (e.g. swapping out the now-low-end video card or CPU). Sometimes there is no upgrade path so you have to replace the system, spending another $600-$800 to re-build rather than just upgrade the video card or whatever.&nbsp;Essentially also true (with the possible exeption of Publisher, Powerpoint, Quark, Quickbooks, Peachtree and a few others), but the OS and Office apps have gotten BIGGER. Remeber when windows came on 7 1.44 floppies (dont get me started on the OS I have that fits on TWO)? Well, if things keep going the way they have been, the next windows OS will have to be shipped on MULTIPLE CD's or a DVD disc. This is one reason why, in my opinion, MS needs to make all the &quot;options&quot; of Windows truly optional, but that's another thread <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> .&nbsp; Now I will admit that they (the &quot;big&quot; vendors) have gotten better about this in the last 5 years or so, especially companies like Dell, Gateway and, most surprisingly, E-Machines. I will also agree that, mostly, it's the bottom-feeders you need to stay away from when it comes to upgradability.&nbsp;I guess I still haven't really forgiven Dell, Compaq and, most epecially, Packard Bell for the travesties of systems they were building not too long ago. Also, I have always been, and will pry always be, a do-it-yourself kind of guy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mps42, post: 1653775, member: 9571"] [b]okay...[/b] This is essentially true but my point was that most (not ALL) "pre-built" systems do not allow upgrading by the user (e.g. swapping out the now-low-end video card or CPU). Sometimes there [U]is[/U] no upgrade path so you [I]have[/I] to replace the system, spending [I]another[/I] $600-$800 to re-build rather than just upgrade the video card or whatever. Essentially also true (with the possible exeption of Publisher, Powerpoint, Quark, Quickbooks, Peachtree and a few others), but the OS and Office apps have gotten BIGGER. Remeber when windows came on 7 1.44 floppies (dont get me started on the OS I have that fits on TWO)? Well, if things keep going the way they have been, the next windows OS will have to be shipped on MULTIPLE CD's or a DVD disc. This is one reason why, in my opinion, MS needs to make all the "options" of Windows truly optional, but that's another thread ;) . Now I will admit that they (the "big" vendors) have gotten better about this in the last 5 years or so, especially companies like Dell, Gateway and, most surprisingly, E-Machines. I will also agree that, mostly, it's the bottom-feeders you need to stay away from when it comes to upgradability. I guess I still haven't really forgiven Dell, Compaq and, most epecially, Packard Bell for the travesties of systems they were building not too long ago. Also, I have always been, and will pry always be, a do-it-yourself kind of guy. [/QUOTE]

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