What is a barebone PC?

[NomNom]

Would you consider it a barebones PC?

No, it works as it is, it doesn't require any extra components afaik.

 

[Roadrunner]

This is what happens when you are a 'paper MCSE'.

'Optional' components like sound cards, graphic cards and ethernet cards have been integrated into just about all motherboards for quite some time now, so there is nothing optional about that.

Of course you can add higher-spec cards to the board, so this is maybe what he meant?

 

[LazyLion]

bought hundreds of PCs from Matrix and never had a problem understanding what was advertised.
If I didn’t understand something then I just asked. How hard is that?

 

[GuileX]

To me a barebone PC should be able to run out of the box. I think it should include a HDD.

Agreed.

 

[crackersa]

dude.. the average consumer is clearly a moron

doctors, lawyers and physicists would probably say the same thing about you.

not everyone understands IT the way we do.

 

[LinuxMan]

+1

To me a barebone PC should be able to run out of the box. I think it should include a HDD.

 

[Rouxenator]

Martin Nyirenda, you are not an IT Engineer!

Barbones means you need to add the components you want. It is a platform. You still need to add the CPU, RAM, HDD and other devices you want.

 

[Skerminkel]

I am actually an engineer associated with ECSA so I thought... wait... lets google "define:engineer" and it came up with...

en·gi·neer
/ˌenjəˈni(ə)r/
Noun
A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.
Verb
Design and build (a machine or structure).
Synonyms
noun. machinist - engine driver - mechanic
verb. plan - design - scheme - project - construct

I am NOT the above!

Aaah, if Google says so, it must be true!

TBH, in SA a guy who connects network cables and makes the odd website can call himself an IT Engineer.
The Engineering Act (46 of 2000) reserves the terms Professional Engineer (Pr Eng), Professional Engineering Technologist, Prof. Eng. Technician and a few others.

 

[noxibox]

bought hundreds of PCs from Matrix and never had a problem understanding what was advertised.
If I didn’t understand something then I just asked. How hard is that?

How hard is it to just state exactly what is included instead of using a term that has no fixed definition?

The way I see it:
Barebones = not complete
PC = Complete

Strictly in a hardware sense.

But what constitutes complete versus not complete? It's that age old question philosophers have been asking about their computers.