I feel like many pre builts are kind of scams, in the best case you’re paying extra for someone to basically put together Legos for you, and in the worst case you’re spending waaaaay more than you need for parts that are as good as suggested, it’s always best to just put shit together yourself, especially with tools like pcpartpicker being so easily accessible.
I think a lot of pre-builts are just bad and certainly overpriced but overall but I wouldn’t call it a scam. It has its place and it’s not so much of a scam but a luxury if you ask me. And while it’s just Legos for people who have been doing this for a while, it’s certainly daunting when you’re new to this and quite honestly even in software development, I know plenty of guys who’d just not have to deal with building anymore.
And let’s be real here too, we know it’s not just about putting the thing together as a paint by number thing. It’s also all about those little nits and bugs you’re going to find when you first turn it on. Bios settings that don’t get along with your memory for some reason. Dealing with the whole secure boot and TPM that may or may not get along with your install of choice. Dealing with a distro that isn’t getting along with your hardware. Which theoretically is what these companies are supposed to be doing but just too many fail miserably at and why I personally will always build my own.
Just my two cents.
Ok you know what the mother bit would have been a little fun if the product actually did the thing it was being advertised to do.
