PEOPLE! Computers do NOT last for ever!!!

[Fritzo]

Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

got a little puter rage goin on?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

BUT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THAT COMPUTER!!

 

[FoBoT]

YARNTFPC

 

[meltdown75]

you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

Clients are great :laugh:

 

[Cobalt]

Hey I'm on my 7 year old P3. That's pretty damn good I think. *knock on wood* I'm so poor.

 

[MustISO]

I feel your pain. Imagine spending 3 hours at someone's house while Anti-Virus and Spyware apps are scanning.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

got a little number fetish goin on?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: meltdown75
you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

got a little number fetish goin on?

Thats Hot.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: MustISO
I feel your pain. Imagine spending 3 hours at someone's house while Anti-Virus and Spyware apps are scanning.

It's even better if the person you are helping is standing right behind you wondering if you know what the F you're doing...

 

[vi edit]

What gets me...is that people would rather pay me $150 to come out for 3 hours and work on a 7 year old machine that well beyond it's useable life and try to revive it, than just spend $300 on a brand new Dell.

 

[newbiepcuser]

It was working fine yesterday. I don't know what happen.

 

[Baked]

Get an Apple computer. It lasts forever.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

got a little puter goin on?

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
What gets me...is that people would rather pay me $150 to come out for 3 hours and work on a 7 year old machine that well beyond it's useable life and try to revive it, than just spend $300 on a brand new Dell.

I know the feeling.

And I give the OP 8/10, I've ranted this before IRL.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: meltdown75
you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

got a little number fetish goin on?

Thats Hot.

I swear to god I'm gonna pistol whip the next person that says "That's hot."

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: vi_edit
What gets me...is that people would rather pay me $150 to come out for 3 hours and work on a 7 year old machine that well beyond it's useable life and try to revive it, than just spend $300 on a brand new Dell.

I know the feeling.

And I give the OP 8/10, I've ranted this before IRL.

The sad thing is that if they *knew* as much about computers as they did about cars, they *could* keep it running forever. Same way you do with a classic car.

Replace everything except the chasis on a regular enough basis! It's called 'upgrading individual components', and it's not that hard to do.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: MustISO
I feel your pain. Imagine spending 3 hours at someone's house while Anti-Virus and Spyware apps are scanning.

It's even better if the person you are helping is standing right behind you wondering if you know what the F you're doing...

Don't worry. Thats why you have a nifty little laptop with just a gif that has bars moving back and forth like one of those screens in a movie where the government is trying to find some guy that erased all history but they traced him through a woman who remembers his face because she served him coffee three years ago in a coffee house in rome.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: meltdown75
you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

got a little number fetish goin on?

Thats Hot.

I swear to god I'm gonna pistol whip the next person that says "That's hot."

That's Hot.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: meltdown75
you two are only 101 posts apart. that's awesome.

(mosh & OP)

got a little number fetish goin on?

Thats Hot.

So are you! :heart:

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

BUT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THAT COMPUTER!!

FS: PAID $1500 4 YEARS AGO, HARDLY USED AT ALL! GREAT CONDITION COMES WITH MOUSE KEYBOARD AND ALL ACCESSORIES. ASKING $1000.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

BUT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THAT COMPUTER!!

FS: PAID $1500 4 YEARS AGO, HARDLY USED AT ALL! GREAT CONDITION COMES WITH MOUSE KEYBOARD AND ALL ACCESSORIES. ASKING $1000.

I actually see these. :laugh:

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: vi_edit
What gets me...is that people would rather pay me $150 to come out for 3 hours and work on a 7 year old machine that well beyond it's useable life and try to revive it, than just spend $300 on a brand new Dell.

I know the feeling.

And I give the OP 8/10, I've ranted this before IRL.

The sad thing is that if they *knew* as much about computers as they did about cars, they *could* keep it running forever. Same way you do with a classic car.

Replace everything except the chasis on a regular enough basis! It's called 'upgrading individual components', and it's not that hard to do.

There is nothing classic about a dying ancient HDD that sounds like a yeti.

Piston whipping... That's Hot!

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Compters are not cars...if you wax them and keep them clean it doesn't mean they remain useful forever. My GOD, if your son gave you a P-75 with Windows 95 (upgrade), don't yell at me because I can't get this piece of crap connected over the phone. Let the damn thing die, get out your wallet, spend $300 on an EMachine, and STFU you cheap a$$!!!!!! :|

BUT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THAT COMPUTER!!

FS: PAID $1500 4 YEARS AGO, HARDLY USED AT ALL! GREAT CONDITION COMES WITH MOUSE KEYBOARD AND ALL ACCESSORIES. ASKING $1000.

:laugh::beer:!