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I’m kind of addicted to building computers. I have two desktops, a mini ITX PC, and I built my wife a PC. It’s a giant waste of money, but it’s so god damn fun.
Too bad nowadays building a computer is so much more simple and integrated.
In a lot of ways, yeah, it is. It’s a lot harder to fuck it up so bad you fry something. I do miss fiddling with little jumpers to get my hard drive and CD drive working on the same ribbon though.
The good ol' days. I'm not old enough to have dealt with IRQs but it's definitely a lot easier than it used to be