Even those who build their own PCs and who might be expected to be in a permanent state of renewal are slowing down, said James Gorbold, editor of Custom PC.

Initially conceived by Steve Wozniak (A.K.A. "Woz") as a build-it-yourself kit computer, Apple I was initially rejected by his bosses at Hewlett-Packard.

I received a lot of feedback from that piece, as well as several e-mails from people who actually built their computer with my listed specifications who were quite happy with its performance.