Rising costs of computer components frustrate NAS builder
By
Chris Person
Master baker tier. Every paragraph earns its place on the tray.
Summary
The author expresses frustration with the rising costs of computer components (RAM, flash memory, HDDs) needed to build a replacement NAS (Network Attached Storage) system. They blame industry greed and market manipulation for making hardware unaffordable, contrasting the current expensive landscape with more reasonable pricing from the past. The article is a personal rant about how corporate profiteering is ruining the hobby of building and upgrading computers.
Key quotes
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RAM, flash memory, and HDDs are unaffordable because of a bunch of greedy idiots that do not love the computer.
I'm tired of these useless jackasses making the computer expensive.
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