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"I haven't used windows in like 10 years I really have no clue what I'm doing with it".

Honest and works most of the time.

I also get asked to go shopping for computers with family and family friends all the time. Given how useless I am with PC hardware it's really amazing(I can assemble one but don't ask me to pick the parts).

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I built one, including picking the parts, but that was 12 years ago. I wouldn't try it again now without a few weeks study. Keeping up with changes and new hardware is more trouble than it's worth, if you don't do it more or less constantly, for a job or such.

I recently started building a machine, just as an exercise. I've spent 2-3 weeks researching parts now because I've been so far out of the loop.

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