Author: Simulacrum  <nub>    107.201.120.172 Use this link if you want to link to this message and its entire thread of discussion. Post a Msg
Date: 3/19/2018 6:01:55 AM
Subject: RE: So I'm gonna build a computer

Yes, you really need to drop XP. Windows 10 is a nice OS. The privacy controversy is much overfussed and misrepresented. A few older games aren't compatible, but 90% of those are no great loss and the good ones probably have reasonably priced reworked versions on gog.com.

While this is a terrible time to buy pretty much any computer parts, I don't think the prices of graphics cards are going to drop in the foreseeable future. The bitcoin people are here to stay. The reference and third-party companies like the new high prices, as do retailers. The cattle industry is flourishing, but (gasp) beef prices remain obscenely high. Supply and demand is a myth. Twenty-first-century economics is about gouging. Ever wonder why there are so many chicken and pig diseases breaking out all over the place, or why RAM manufacturers suffer so many mysterious power outages and fires? It's the Illuminati. If you don't believe me, ask Tom Hanks.

Also, don't you know that the PC is the redheaded stepchild of the gaming industry because of dirty pirates? Consoles don't have pirates. If you don't believe me, ask Oprah.

Also, get a Mac. They don't have viruses.