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[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]Well duh, when you spend $299 or $399 at Walmart on your computer, of COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE UNHAPPY WITH ITS PERFORMANCE. Spend a little extra money and get a decent system. Get an SSD, a decent CPU and a $150 video card.[/citation]
Or spend 299 - $399 and BUILD YOUR OWN!!! Its not hard and you will actually learn something as well as getting a PC far superior to a walmart/best buy special. I build client systems at the $300 mark (with linux OS) using sandybridge cpus and H61/B75 boards.
Or spend 299 - $399 and BUILD YOUR OWN!!! Its not hard and you will actually learn something as well as getting a PC far superior to a walmart/best buy special. I build client systems at the $300 mark (with linux OS) using sandybridge cpus and H61/B75 boards.
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[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]Did you pay $299 for your Mac?[/citation]
[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]I wish.[/citation]
Well you can make a sandybridge hackintosh for around $299 -$399
[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]I wish.[/citation]
Well you can make a sandybridge hackintosh for around $299 -$399
itsnotmeitsyou
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[citation][nom]Halcyon[/nom]No thanks. I've heard those hackintoshes are just a little more fun than I can stand, especially when it comes to updates.[/citation]
Mine has been swell. Built around an i5, Gigabyte board and GPU, it makes an excellent Mac OR W7 game box. Updates are pretty simple for the "can read and follow instructions" type. The community is active and it usually only requires one "driver"(kext) reinsertion. Having the option is nice for me as I dabble in media production and some useful software is only OSx (Logic Pro specifically)
Mine has been swell. Built around an i5, Gigabyte board and GPU, it makes an excellent Mac OR W7 game box. Updates are pretty simple for the "can read and follow instructions" type. The community is active and it usually only requires one "driver"(kext) reinsertion. Having the option is nice for me as I dabble in media production and some useful software is only OSx (Logic Pro specifically)
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As for the article, anyone that has worked pro IT knows that it can be stressful. Blaming the computer for breaking is like blaming guns for killing people however. 99% of the time its user error/ignorance. Sure, rarely guns go off accidentally, or PSUs or NICs fail, but normally is a tard who spilled his coffee all over the KB or CPU. Whether it's poorly terminated network cabling, poorly implemented server software, or people who just cant seem to remember how to type in a damn password, the failure is human error, and that's what causes the most headaches.
Solution? education. documentation. and increased IT budgets.
Solution likely? not as I see it.
Solution? education. documentation. and increased IT budgets.
Solution likely? not as I see it.
[citation][nom]amk-aka-Phantom[/nom]Losers. Get an SSD, an i3 and 4-8 GB of RAM and stop complaining. Oh, and get a life while you're at it, computers might create problems they don't solve but there won't be airport security, finances, taxes and other stuff without them, so STFU and deal with it.Also, stress over choosing what to wear? Seriously? Seriously? I don't think I can take the survey seriously, the respondents seem to be whiny drama queens.[/citation]
The average person is clueless about the self built PC market.
How is it not having a life over getting mad over your computer? That is a load of shit coming from a site who is filled with die hard PC fanboys. Allow people to get mad over their PCs, the things OEMs sell you is shit anyway. Just because you are willing to castrate yourself to keep your PC, doesnt mean everyone should smile about their computer.
The average person is clueless about the self built PC market.
How is it not having a life over getting mad over your computer? That is a load of shit coming from a site who is filled with die hard PC fanboys. Allow people to get mad over their PCs, the things OEMs sell you is shit anyway. Just because you are willing to castrate yourself to keep your PC, doesnt mean everyone should smile about their computer.
[citation][nom]amk-aka-Phantom[/nom]Losers. Get an SSD, an i3 and 4-8 GB of RAM and stop complaining. Oh, and get a life while you're at it, computers might create problems they don't solve but there won't be airport security, finances, taxes and other stuff without them, so STFU and deal with it.Also, stress over choosing what to wear? Seriously? Seriously? I don't think I can take the survey seriously, the respondents seem to be whiny drama queens.[/citation]
mostly women read and fill out surveys. it's a proven fact. men have better things to do with their time getting stuff done or having fun to bother with surveys.
mostly women read and fill out surveys. it's a proven fact. men have better things to do with their time getting stuff done or having fun to bother with surveys.
As a longtime desk side analyst I can confirm a greater part of my responsibility is to manage the stress caused by technology in the workplace. It's easily as much a software issue as it is a hardware performance issue. Software is still in it's infancy and has a long, long way to go to be what it should be.
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]Schedule for today: Finish the report due today, start a video conference with the clients, and work on the Power Point presentation that needs to be ready in three hours.Your computer today: Window's Data Execution Protection has shut down MS Word, MS Power Point, and the software that runs the video conferencing. The tech department is currently busy with a major server crash.[/citation]
Well you CHOSE a computer related job, so its technically your fault in the first place....
Well you CHOSE a computer related job, so its technically your fault in the first place....
[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]Stop getting your computer infected and you won't have that problem. Major server crashes are pretty rare. If they are common where you work, hire new IT people. Our company has deployed many many servers, all have long up-times of multiple years. Rarely does one crash and it's usually because a UPS died when the power went out.[citation]
Windows' DEP isn't perfect, I've seen legit programs (HL2.exe, Adobe, etc), sometime MS's own software, get targeted and terminated. That includes very recently installed computers with no internet connection.
As for the IT department, I'm fairly sure there are companies that neglected their computers and networks. There was one horror article from Popular Mechanics about a company whose IT stuff was hell.
Overheating server rooms, constant network lockups, emails that take several minutes to be sent, unable to use internet-connected phones, etc.
[citation][nom]madjimms[/nom]Well you CHOSE a computer related job, so its technically your fault in the first place....[/citation]
Tell me an office job that doesn't require a computer.
Windows' DEP isn't perfect, I've seen legit programs (HL2.exe, Adobe, etc), sometime MS's own software, get targeted and terminated. That includes very recently installed computers with no internet connection.
As for the IT department, I'm fairly sure there are companies that neglected their computers and networks. There was one horror article from Popular Mechanics about a company whose IT stuff was hell.
Overheating server rooms, constant network lockups, emails that take several minutes to be sent, unable to use internet-connected phones, etc.
[citation][nom]madjimms[/nom]Well you CHOSE a computer related job, so its technically your fault in the first place....[/citation]
Tell me an office job that doesn't require a computer.
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]Windows' DEP isn't perfect, I've seen legit programs (HL2.exe, Adobe, etc), sometime MS's own software, get targeted and terminated. That includes very recently installed computers with no internet connection.[/citation]Then something is wrong with your hardware, or yourself. If you have these sorts of problems on clean installs with no internet, you're doing something seriously wrong and should probably stick to Macs as you've implied. The odd badly written program might cause this, but that can happen on any system and is usually fixed quickly with a patch if said company wants to stay alive.
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]As for the IT department, I'm fairly sure there are companies that neglected their computers and networks. There was one horror article from Popular Mechanics about a company whose IT stuff was hell.
Overheating server rooms, constant network lockups, emails that take several minutes to be sent, unable to use internet-connected phones, etc..[/citation]Again, hire new IT people because the ones that let their networks get like that are idiots, and this has nothing to do with PCs, hardware or software.
[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]As for the IT department, I'm fairly sure there are companies that neglected their computers and networks. There was one horror article from Popular Mechanics about a company whose IT stuff was hell.
Overheating server rooms, constant network lockups, emails that take several minutes to be sent, unable to use internet-connected phones, etc..[/citation]Again, hire new IT people because the ones that let their networks get like that are idiots, and this has nothing to do with PCs, hardware or software.
[citation][nom]amk-aka-Phantom[/nom]Losers. Get an SSD, an i3 and 4-8 GB of RAM and stop complaining. Oh, and get a life while you're at it, computers might create problems they don't solve but there won't be airport security, finances, taxes and other stuff without them, so STFU and deal with it.Also, stress over choosing what to wear? Seriously? Seriously? I don't think I can take the survey seriously, the respondents seem to be whiny drama queens.[/citation]
Yea dipsh*t, a lot of people DO have body image issues and insecurities; like it or not, but this does indeed cause stress. This society is build around the image an individual has, so what do you expect? Regardless of what a few old hippies think... it's there and people have to conform to it.
Yea dipsh*t, a lot of people DO have body image issues and insecurities; like it or not, but this does indeed cause stress. This society is build around the image an individual has, so what do you expect? Regardless of what a few old hippies think... it's there and people have to conform to it.
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[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]That video is so old...Still funny, that he was mad with the PC but he took it against the "poor monitor" instead.LOL[/citation]
It's a CRT man, unless he cracks the screen I imagine it's probably fine. All the CRT's i have are old and seemingly indestructible
It's a CRT man, unless he cracks the screen I imagine it's probably fine. All the CRT's i have are old and seemingly indestructible
parts of computers cause stress, and parts releive it.
modern POS computers/laptops that are more like consoles and limit the options on BIOS screen to 2 lines to prevent you from downgrading to XP without slipstreamed CD. Ironically, these POS laptops that have the latest optical-drives come without any driver disks. The POS OS allows you to burn a 3-DVD recovery disk, though >,< (die Compaq, die!)
software plays a big part too:
winME, Vista and Win7 cause stress. anything with stupid ribbons or idiotic toolbars does too (office2003+, Winzip 14.5, Acrobat-X). Win8 is going to drive up the price & demand for stress & ulcer meds more than SAP & Oracle combined.
Dos6.22, Win98SE, Win2000, WinXPsp3, Office97, and pretty much any open-source software releive tension.
modern POS computers/laptops that are more like consoles and limit the options on BIOS screen to 2 lines to prevent you from downgrading to XP without slipstreamed CD. Ironically, these POS laptops that have the latest optical-drives come without any driver disks. The POS OS allows you to burn a 3-DVD recovery disk, though >,< (die Compaq, die!)
software plays a big part too:
winME, Vista and Win7 cause stress. anything with stupid ribbons or idiotic toolbars does too (office2003+, Winzip 14.5, Acrobat-X). Win8 is going to drive up the price & demand for stress & ulcer meds more than SAP & Oracle combined.
Dos6.22, Win98SE, Win2000, WinXPsp3, Office97, and pretty much any open-source software releive tension.
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Yeah, smack and kick the monitor coz it's totally the monitor's fault that the computer is screwing you over.
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[citation][nom]math1337[/nom]94% of consumers are too stupid to uninstall the bloatware that comes with new computers. Also, they download EVERYTHING on the internet and install it. I've seen it happen too many times.[/citation]
I fully agree. A clean (as in bloat-ware free) computer is a thing of joy, but even trusted and software hardware manufacturers love to load a PC with as many spyware apps as they can. I mean why would one want a tool bar from a printer manufacturer in your browser? It makes no sense at all. But of course the ignorant user does not know this and I think its abusive to the extreme. And then software companies such as skype comes along and starts installing things without you even knowing and you realise the problem has spiralled out of control.
I fully agree. A clean (as in bloat-ware free) computer is a thing of joy, but even trusted and software hardware manufacturers love to load a PC with as many spyware apps as they can. I mean why would one want a tool bar from a printer manufacturer in your browser? It makes no sense at all. But of course the ignorant user does not know this and I think its abusive to the extreme. And then software companies such as skype comes along and starts installing things without you even knowing and you realise the problem has spiralled out of control.
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