"Howard Brazee" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:51:55 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

Quite a few people make a living supplying people with such systems
customized to their specific desires.

Most of my computers have been those. But the local stores that made
my computers have all closed and not been replaced.

True, it's largely moved to mail order since that way you don't have the
overhead of a store front, or if you do maintain a store front, it's just
to
pick up the occasional sale while you're processing the bulk of your
business through internet orders.

Face to face contact was good at finding out what my needs and wants
really were. Having a clone shop by mail order is as personalized
as having a big name computer by mail order.

Sorry if you found a bad supplier. Most will build systems to your exact
specifications or tell you the general tradeoffs of different options and
what you really need vs what you think you need.

Such as most people don't need a massive hard drive. Nor do you need a
massive amount of memory for most applications. Depending on what you are
doing you can also save a bunch of money on the video card. That allows you
to put the money were it needs to go, in getting a better motherboard, CPU,
and/or faster memory.