computerpro3
LightningRod
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This is really beginning to bother me - as a small system retailer and support technician, it is beginning to cause a SERIOUS lack of productivity and it wastes a tremendous amount of time. As a technet subscriber who has been running Vista 24/7 (although in a test-system at first) since pre RC-1, right now I am openly advocating Vista on all customer's machines. Why? Because it is infinetely better than XP at protecting users from themselves. It causes less headaches for me and saves the customer technical support costs.
But thanks largely to the utterly irritating, completely false advertisements by Apple, the public looks at me like I have three heads when I suggest Vista. Take my latest upgrade for example - a family computer which I've already been called on to service over five times for viruses and spyware. It's running on a Windows 2000 install (they refused to upgrade) and I've done everything humanly possible to keep this machine secure, including a paid subscription of Nod32, the linksys hardware firewall, etc. No matter what I do, the stupidity of these people manages to screw up their computer.
So this last time I convinced them to upgrade to Vista. I outlined clearly the advantages and disadvantages of the OS, and upgraded their machine so it could easily handle it (2GB ram, Aero capable, Pentium 4, etc). She wanted me to consult her brother and law who is a "computer God" so I politely did. This man had never even used Vista, had never built a computer before, had never heard of ESET (reccomended Norton), and most of all, he was 100% sure that Vista would break her machine. His rationale? The mac ads. "Didn't you see those Mac ads dude? You know how many times the UAC pops up? I wouldn't touch Vista with a 10ft pole.
After I completely dismantled him in front of her in a very polite fashion (got him to admit hes never used it, hasn't built a computer, etc), she agrees to go Vista. That was yesterday. That night I installed Vista on her machine and it works beautifully. Tonight, I get a call from her, panicking, asking if I had "done Vista" yet. Apparantly she said that it was a peice of crap and it will break her computer.
ERATHUHAERTURSAGFJSARYFHEa#@%@!^!#@ ^!^!$^@!#^!@!@^@!!@^^TY W#ERG GTV !GV#$Q%^T#$R%YB@%$B&^$#@!^@@^@^
I've never seen so many average people professing to be experts on computers as when Vista is mentioned. "Dude, I saw it on TV! Everything I see on TV is real!" Congratulations, Mr. Jobs.
That's it, I'm done. I've come to the conclusion that the average person is of exceedingly below average intelligence. I'm off to Google the closest monastary.
But thanks largely to the utterly irritating, completely false advertisements by Apple, the public looks at me like I have three heads when I suggest Vista. Take my latest upgrade for example - a family computer which I've already been called on to service over five times for viruses and spyware. It's running on a Windows 2000 install (they refused to upgrade) and I've done everything humanly possible to keep this machine secure, including a paid subscription of Nod32, the linksys hardware firewall, etc. No matter what I do, the stupidity of these people manages to screw up their computer.
So this last time I convinced them to upgrade to Vista. I outlined clearly the advantages and disadvantages of the OS, and upgraded their machine so it could easily handle it (2GB ram, Aero capable, Pentium 4, etc). She wanted me to consult her brother and law who is a "computer God" so I politely did. This man had never even used Vista, had never built a computer before, had never heard of ESET (reccomended Norton), and most of all, he was 100% sure that Vista would break her machine. His rationale? The mac ads. "Didn't you see those Mac ads dude? You know how many times the UAC pops up? I wouldn't touch Vista with a 10ft pole.
After I completely dismantled him in front of her in a very polite fashion (got him to admit hes never used it, hasn't built a computer, etc), she agrees to go Vista. That was yesterday. That night I installed Vista on her machine and it works beautifully. Tonight, I get a call from her, panicking, asking if I had "done Vista" yet. Apparantly she said that it was a peice of crap and it will break her computer.
ERATHUHAERTURSAGFJSARYFHEa#@%@!^!#@ ^!^!$^@!#^!@!@^@!!@^^TY W#ERG GTV !GV#$Q%^T#$R%YB@%$B&^$#@!^@@^@^
I've never seen so many average people professing to be experts on computers as when Vista is mentioned. "Dude, I saw it on TV! Everything I see on TV is real!" Congratulations, Mr. Jobs.
That's it, I'm done. I've come to the conclusion that the average person is of exceedingly below average intelligence. I'm off to Google the closest monastary.