The Modular, Repairable "Big Blue"

Spacious and upgradeable home computers made everyone a hobbyist and repairman.

Back in late April, I published a guest article by Anik Joshi, about a fun, offbeat topic: the decline in people building their own PCs. This is still common for gaming rigs and very high-performance computers. But it used to be more common for average computers too, just as a way to work with your hands and save some money.

Small computer stores where y…