• itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    I’m guessing the same reason people don’t always reroof their own house, or replace their own home electrical, or build their own bike. Sometimes it’s worth spending money to avoid doing a thing you either don’t want to or don’t know how to do. As I’ve gotten older and more financially secure that’s definitely been the case with me at least

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      7 hours ago

      Yeah there Is also that. Its more convenient sometimes to not do the “Sorry” job

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      19 hours ago

      Plus, they may be able to come in slightly cheaper on volume discounts on components.

      I’ve always built my on PCs, but there are times when the whims of the market have made pre-builts cheaper.

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        5 hours ago

        It’s weird being on this site sometimes. Not everyone speaks computer, but it turns out that doesn’t make them dumb, they’re just good at different things. Personally I have no issues doing electrical work but know I would get incredibly frustrated trying to work a Linux machine. I have no interest in learning all that noise because it straight up is not interesting to me and is not worth my time. I had my fill of that nonsense in school. I’d def be a potential customer of something like this that ‘works out of the box’ - honestly that’s the real path to getting people off windows.