Clean Up or Buy New PC?

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Originally Posted by Juniper

I didn't put memory cards in my PC so I would know how to fix other things in the future, like the cell phone. I did it so I could have a faster PC without paying someone else to do it.

But now you are walking away with knowledge about how simple memory installation is, concepts such as number of pins, speed, voltage, ... basically the repair shop no longer has a fool to take to the cleaners. Or that knowledge carries over into getting a TV fixed, buying household appliances, etc.- generally becoming a more informed consumer.

Or having learned about upping memory, you now have a better grasp of how much faster a machine becomes - or when it is faster.

Of course, since the memory upgrade went OK, you did not learn even more. We tend to learn more from our destructive mistakes. Either about how easily we do stupid things, or how reliable or consistent we really are. Why did they have everyone climb that rope in gym class? There really are adults who had to be taught how to screw in a screw. They never fixed anything. They never learned by doing. Simply climbing that rope is a lesson that we actually can do more than we had thought.