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<blockquote data-quote="Ragle" data-source="post: 42286" data-attributes="member: 5555"><p>As I have plunged myself into the Mac world, attempting to immerse myself in the various difference between it and the PC world I have inhabited for lo, these last 20 years, the most striking difference to me is the total lack of the ability to inexpensively build my own.</p><p></p><p>It has always just been a fact of PC ownership that only non-technical or lazy people bought pre-manufactured systems like HP-Compaq, Dell, or Gateway. Those of us "in the know" all knew that gleaning parts from various sources like New Egg or certain Pricewatch vendors would allow us to assemble extremely powerful systems for a fraction of the cost for a pre-manufactured one. We don't think about technical support (which is all those bloated prices are really paying for) because even if we owned such a system, we would still be cracking open the cases and tinkering.</p><p></p><p>Now, as I contemplate an immediate future of Mac ownership, it seems my days of tinkering are far more limited. It seems that only major components can be upgraded or replaced...drives, memory...and certainly one cannot build a Mac from scratch.</p><p></p><p>But is this true? Are there sources for raw Mac parts, motherboards, processors, etc.?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragle, post: 42286, member: 5555"] As I have plunged myself into the Mac world, attempting to immerse myself in the various difference between it and the PC world I have inhabited for lo, these last 20 years, the most striking difference to me is the total lack of the ability to inexpensively build my own. It has always just been a fact of PC ownership that only non-technical or lazy people bought pre-manufactured systems like HP-Compaq, Dell, or Gateway. Those of us "in the know" all knew that gleaning parts from various sources like New Egg or certain Pricewatch vendors would allow us to assemble extremely powerful systems for a fraction of the cost for a pre-manufactured one. We don't think about technical support (which is all those bloated prices are really paying for) because even if we owned such a system, we would still be cracking open the cases and tinkering. Now, as I contemplate an immediate future of Mac ownership, it seems my days of tinkering are far more limited. It seems that only major components can be upgraded or replaced...drives, memory...and certainly one cannot build a Mac from scratch. But is this true? Are there sources for raw Mac parts, motherboards, processors, etc.? [/QUOTE]
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