Turning my $40 beige box into scrap metal at each motherboard upgrade is a ridiculous solution to a non-problem. > That big silver box is the CPU. You can get

Turning my $40 beige box into scrap metal at each motherboard upgrade is a ridiculous solution to a non-problem. > That big silver box is the CPU. You can get them with dual CPUs too. Not from the screwdriver shop up the street, I can't. Non-commodity hardware deters tinkering. Industrial design that promotes learned helplessness is so flawed as to verge on unethical.