How much money is saved building your own rig?

[CaptainHaplo]

Originally Posted by longam

I've never done a cost comparison, but I wonder how much the difference it would really be after you ad the cost of the OS?

I know every time I would build my own that wasn't a factor because XP was around for such a long time, but the last pre-built I purchased the OS cost was a considerable savings compared to purchasing it separate.

Something else to consider.

Longam - the quote I used included the same version of the OS as the one from Alienware. Granted its OEM, but since your buying the hardware, you can legally get OEM pricing. So the cost was just slightly over a hundred bucks - and was counted int he price.

I know most folks reuse their existing OS unless they have good reason not to. It makes sense. But going with an OEM priced OS doesn't hurt nearly as bad as it would otherwise.

Too bad there is no OEM pricing for the Office suite!