While I'm flattered at how much you key in on what I post, Kingfrog, I think that if you had read the entire thread, you MIGHT have noticed that it was the post by LindaFus that got me off on this tack...

And if putting twelve components together was all it took to get a Windows system up and running correctly (and staying running) there wouldn't be a Mac user in the world!.

Just for one minute, PRETEND that you had a computer that didn't need ANY work on it, didn't require you to research driver, dll and registry issues, and spend time on the internet investigating component compatibility...

How many more songs could you have made in the same time?

Sure, I COULD spend as much time as you have getting familiar enough to build my own PC. But I've got better things to do.

Like making music. Or gigging. Or working at the studio. Or washing my hair. Or watching TV. Or picking my nose

But thanks for the 'hyperbolic diatribe' bit. Hilarious! Thank God YOU don't suffer from that!