Why Build Your Own Gaming Computer?Written by Nathan Holsing
The best way to get gaming computer that you want, that will provide optimum performance is to build your own computer. If you think you do not have technical knowledge or are not capable of building a computer you are wrong. I'm pretty certain that I could teach my mother (who has a hard time working a VCR) how to build a computer. If you can plug a sweeper into a wall outlet and use a screw driver, you too can build a computer.What The Computer Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know! Manufacturers don't want you to know how easy it is to build a computer because they make their living selling complete computers. The truth is that manufacturers focus on selling a computer with an overall low price tag to entice people to buy. They use processor and software as primary selling point. In most cases other than processor and maybe graphics card you have no idea what components they actually use. Alienware is one of rare exceptions. They tell you for most, part what components they are using. However, this doesn't mean that these are best components on market. Every manufacturer gets regular visits from sales people convincing them that they should use their products. Just because a company gives them best deal on a power supply that allows them to increase their profit margin on computers they sell doesn't make it best power supply. This often leads to use of inferior products for sake of profit. The Advantages To Building Your Own Computer By building your own computer you are assured of getting highest quality because you have painstakingly researched every component. If you've ever wondered why your store bought gaming computer with top of line graphics card and ultra fast CPU is still having trouble running newer games, it is likely because they stuck you with an inferior power supply, cheap motherboard, inadequate RAM, and list goes on. In my mind it makes sense to build your own computer.
| | The History Of Laptop ComputersWritten by Cody Kahl
Have you ever wondered where sleek new portable PC’s of today came from? How did they get so small, and so fast? It’s true that modern notebook computers have undergone many changes throughout years.In this article I will attempt to put together a rough history and timeline based on laptop computer. I say rough because no one can really put a finger on who developed first mobile computer. Anyways, let’s get started! Computer buffs may not know who created first laptop, but most will agree that Alan Kay of Xerox Palo Alto research center was first to come up with idea of portable PC in 1970’s. Kay envisioned a portable computer much like ones found today – Something small and lightweight that anyone could afford. Some say that first notebook that was actually built in 1979 by William Moggridge who was with Grid Systems Corp. It featured 340 kilobytes of memory, a folding screen, and was made of metal (magnesium). This was hardly like laptop computers found today, but it was a start. Arguably, next mobile computer produced was in 1983 by Gavilan Computers. This laptop featured 64 – 128 megabytes of memory, a touchpad mouse, and even a portable printer. Weighing in at 9 pounds without printer, this computer was actually only a few pounds heavier than notebooks found today.
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