Richard Pope wrote:
>       I can understand why that would appeal to people. It has a
> warranty, you take it home, plug it in, turn it on, and you are ready to
> go. If something goes wrong you only have one company to deal with.

I used to build my own PCs starting back in 1984, but since 2007 I've=20
bought Apple Mac Minis for FreeBSD and OS X (with Windows virtual=20
machines). The last was a quad core i7 in 2012 and my concession to DIY=20
was to add an 256GB SSD and upgrade the RAM to 16GB. Not quite in your=20
league!

Mac Minis are quiet, take up little room and are power misers in=20
comparison to that monster, power hungry, supercomputer beast of yours!

PS I also have a couple of cats, Rubble (5 years, abandoned at a=20
building site) and Zed (6 months, abandoned on the waste ground across=20
the road), that like to get involved in projects too, especially ones=20
involving wiring :)
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