Being a Computer Technician for 8 years in a Major Melbourne University we often got call saying my computer doesn’t work. We get down there and have to open the case, push all the cards back down and away they go again. Most home users would not know how to do this, to them the computer is dead, some salesman would sell them a new.

Back then people would hold a computer for 3-5 years before upgrading, so the less stress on the hardware the better, now 1-2 years and you need a new one to run the latest OS or Game. So it doesn’t matter that much