moving house and taking your computer

I didn't think that packing our computers up and shipping them trans-Pacific was necessarily a good idea (at least that's what most of the 'experts' cautioned in my search results via the Internet), yet my desktop is running perfectly.  I think that we saved our original boxes helped with the packing.  It wasn't easy getting all the components back in their boxes--the fit of my tower was especially snug--but it was worth the time and frustration.  After we had them in their dedicated boxes, we put them in bigger boxes with LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of padding.  We bubble-wrapped the entire interior of the bigger box and then padded it with clothing and more bubble wrap.  Then to be extra safe, we put those little white popcorn type packing thingies in all the loose space.  We're pretty much finished all our unpacking and all the stuff we packed ourselves has nary a scratch whereas the stuff packed by the movers didn't fare so well.  I don't think they were especially careful and we didn't have any special instructions on the bigger boxes housing our computer components (or any of our other electronic equipment), so I really do think it was our packing that saved the day.  My advice, (if you want it)?  Don't give away or dispose of your computer when you move.  With some extra work and attention to detail, you CAN move your computer safely.