Why buy when you can build
Computers have revolutionized the world, as we know it. They have been of means of improvement of life from Aeronautics to Zoology (A – Z), and a plethora of other fields as well. Computers have been the backbone of technological advancement and organization necessary for this knowledge explosion of the 21st century. However, what do we owe most of the driving force behind the eruption in computer advancement? Would you guess the video game? That’s right the good ole video game. Could you have ever guess that Atari’s pong would be a major contributor to the rapid acceleration in computer technology. I began to get into computers in 1995 and paid a sum of $1500.00 for my first custom built PC. If I recall it was a 486 DX2 80 IBM Clone with 16 Megs of Ram, I even splurged with a luxurious 15-inch monitor, all built by a 16 year old high school student. I couldn’t believe it but he brought it to my house and set it up and I was off on my journey. I purchased my next pc from the not so beloved Best Buy department store, where the sales reps where quick to tell me that the unit I wished to purchase was fully upgradeable, they failed to tell me however that it was limited to th
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Approximate Word count = 1728
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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