While your computer isn't normally the biggest expense you'll encounter in your life, nor is it generally the most important, it's still a large enough expense to warrant a lot of time and effort in making sure you do it right. You'll ask around for comments, critique, opinions, feedback and all manner of other, similar terms before finally shopping around and finding a retailer - and a price - that you're happy with.
Sometimes, though, that happiness is short lived. Not because you made the wrong choice, but because when you open the box there's something just not quite right.
