Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-5247041-20130821093041/@comment-4057437-20130904063609

AmateurIsMyGame wrote: Yes console gaming can be VERY expensive. But computers always seem to break on me. I have 1,667 viruses on this one, and I wasn't even on porn. Like, what? How do you get all these viruses when the only thing, that really gives them I wasn't on. I generally don't have a lot of money to spend. So I'd rather spend money on something that won't break for a while, if at all. Then something that is almost certain to break. The only downside is no mods, I love mods. Viruses can come from almost anywhere, avoiding porn sites is no longer an effective safety measure. Consoles that are on line can be attacked as well.

As for having them break, PC's are like cars; you have to maintain them. Cars have air and oil filters, PC's have antivirus programs like Avast. Fail to service either and a breakdown is inevitable. There are other things that are analogous; on a car you change the oil and (if water cooled), flush the radiator and put in new coolant/antifreeze on a regular basis. On a PC you de-frag the hard drive, open the case and blow out the dust from the cooling fans/fins, etc.