Quote Originally Posted by ReloadPsi View Post
Having said that, bringing up the "human error" thing for PCs is a bit unfair when you factor in that putting a computer together is one of those things some people just cannot understand, no matter how hard they try to. I actually did a computing course for a year and frankly learned nothing because I couldn't get my head around any of it. When I do buy my next PC, I'll be asking someone else to help me put it together because even with instructions I am useless at this stuff.
Yeah, but the human error stuff that causes the most PC problems isn't with regard to building them, or even cleaning them out. It's simple every day stuff like don't open attachments from strange emails. Know what the hell you're downloading and that it's from a trusted source. Don't download porn to your computer. Don't open up the control panel and start messing around with settings if you don't know what you're doing first.

You know, the basics. And to be fair, the same sort of general idiocy has done in many a console as well. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen people stick a console near the floor so dust can better accumulate inside. Or put it in a small enclosed space with almost no room for the air to vent, assuming they didn't outright cover the air vents. When it comes to basic incompetence, no electronic device is safe. Barring that though, a PC made from decent parts is going to last as long as any given console. Longer when the console is made by Microsoft.