Computers! Did you buy yours or did you build it or do you use someone elses?
By shooie
@shooie (4984)
United States
12 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 07
I actually had mine bought for me. I used to have a PC but my ex partner was well into Mac's I got a brand new Mac for one Christmas but when we split I had to pay the money back! I don't remember where they got it from, online I think. The only computer I have purchased myself was from a friend who built the PC from scratch!
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
15 Mar 07
My first computer my brother built for us. We didn't have one until 2000. He sent it to us in the mail. Shocked us. It was great although had some issues. We finally upgraded a couple of years ago and bought them. By this time he'd moved down here and he upgraded his computer. He did not get a new monitor, mouse or keyboard with his manual upgrading but he did have a better video card and he spent more then we did for the whole computer with everything and we had a better DVD burner. He wasn't too happy at seeing that. He stated now he can't really afford to build his own because the parts are more expensive then buying the full thing where it used to be cheaper.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
I bought mine for pretty cheap, and then continued to upgrade it. It's pretty much a completely different computer now. That's one of the reasons I like PCs, because of their customizability.
Also, if you know your way around a computer, it can be cheap and easy to build your own.
@sheryl_63 (41)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
I bot 10 computers in a store, to put up a internet cafe! But it is ok if you build from a scratch, i think you can save a little money from the scratch??..
@caramello (4377)
• Australia
20 Apr 07
Our computor has been built from scratch but of course not by me but hubby. lol He also fixes others computors so could say he knows what he is doing. He sometimes goes to the "swap" store and buys parts cheaper but guess it won't be me who says "hey I made this!" lol
@amazing_Grace (479)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I use my sister's computer. She bought this one at Walmart.
@silver1beans (281)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I bought it from Staples. I'm not smart enough yet to make a computer by myself or even with a little help. That's why I just like to buy the whole computer put it together and get it hooked up and run it.