Ok, so maybe forced is too strong a word.
What if for instance, your CPU mount were to melt, taking the rest of your machine with it and leaving you with a choice of whether to install XP or Vista on your newly built machine (or of course, just to forget about the whole thing and buy an Apple instead)?
Since this is what happened to me Wednesday before last, I can provide a personal insight into this particular conundrum.
So if this happened nearly two weeks ago; why the hell am I posting this entry now?
Well, you see it’s like this…
Whilst there are a number of excellent reasons for moving to the Republic of Cyprus; cheap computer components and short delivery times are not amongst these.
As strange as it may seem, it was actually cheaper (and quicker) for me to order my components from Ebuyer, have them shipped to my father in law in the UK and then DHL-ed across to Cyprus at a cost of £92, than it would have been to buy them locally.
We’re not talking about outlandish hardware either, only an upper range Gigabyte mainboard (this turned out to be the ‘delay culprit’ at the Cypriot end), Athlon X2/5000 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a midrange G-Force card & a pair of 500GB hard disks.
