It was time for a new desktop computer. I usually ...

It was time for a new desktop computer. I usually build from scratch, but I'm too old and tired to do all the research, and the frantic building required so you can test everything before the purchase warranty expires. One real advantage to building it yourself is that you're intimately familiar with everything, and there's no bloatware. So I wrapped my mind around buying a custom-built computer, and started surfing the web. Several places popped up, most of which seemed mainly interested in selling me something. Then I found Puget Systems. They seemed interested in building me a computer I could use.

Where do I start? This outfit is great! Just visit their site and read their stuff. No hype, just straight-forward medium-tech talk about what they can do for you, and how they really want to get from you what you'd like in a computer. And how they've done this enough that they know what works and what doesn't.

I didn't want anything fancy, and I wanted a minimally-configured machine to which I could add components (disks, graphics card, etc.). I selected their Spirit model. They understood. I was able to order a machine that ended up costing only a few hundred dollars more than if I'd done it myself, without all the hassle, after a few-message email conversation with their support people. Then it was two weeks from order to delivery. And guess what? It works just fine, and as advertised. Thank you, Puget Systems.

And it's fast! I upgraded from a quad-core, 2.67GHz, spinning-disk system (ca. 2010) to a quad-core, 4.0GHz, all SSD system. Windows 10 boots in <23sec, compared to >60sec for Windows 7 on my old box. Now, as soon as I get used to Windows 10...

Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. I cannot recommend them more highly. It has been a pleasure doing business with Puget Systems.