I would just let her purchase it. You've done your job and if she doesn't like your advice, so be it.
Kalmah
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Originally posted by: zainali
Originally posted by: Kalmah
Introduce her to Alienware.
alienware === dell . (dell owns alienware).
dell isn't too bad if you use their 30-40% off coupons + 12% epp discount
Aren't they alot more expensive? And pretty much claim to be the 'best ever'? His aunt seems to want the best of the best. (/sarcasm from first post)
Just knowing how sales reps are for most companies(best buy, dell, compaq...).. and knowing just how low they will go to sell you something, I am always scepticable about pre-built computers. Yeah, I know what they are telling me, but what aren't they telling me?
Raduque
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Let her have her Dell. She'll have better support then you'll be willing to give her after she calls you for the 15th time at 2am.
Why all this fuss over saving family their money. They're not going to give you that money, or spend it on you, are they?
What I do, when my family wants a new computer, is help them configure it from a big-name OEM. Then, I tell them once they get the computer, my obligation to help them with it ends. They're on their own with the tech support lines. The only computers I support are my immediate family's', and that's only because I built them.
Why all this fuss over saving family their money. They're not going to give you that money, or spend it on you, are they?
What I do, when my family wants a new computer, is help them configure it from a big-name OEM. Then, I tell them once they get the computer, my obligation to help them with it ends. They're on their own with the tech support lines. The only computers I support are my immediate family's', and that's only because I built them.
0roo0roo
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laptops aren't so great ergonomically and all that. plus u gotta buy a nice warrantee, maintenance is not good if something breaks.
tell her to get a cheaper dell pc, and use the remaining money on a larger dell lcd. i remember reading about a study showing women aren't as good at navigating a gui, unless they have a nice large wide screen and then they actually catch up.
tell her to get a cheaper dell pc, and use the remaining money on a larger dell lcd. i remember reading about a study showing women aren't as good at navigating a gui, unless they have a nice large wide screen and then they actually catch up.
Yeah, I'm starting to look that direction myself; I'm looking at Newegg's prebuilt PCs and found a decent HP system for just under $1,000... figure I would bump system memory up to 2GB and spend about $1,200 for a brand new PC. Hook it up to my existing LCD, speakers, and printer, and I'd be good to go.
0roo0roo
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"science"
so goddamnit, show her this and make her buy a 24+ widescreen lcd! or two! thats 2k well spent!
http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/37/0c015937.asp
Women beat men in widescreen navigation
Women are 20 percent faster than men in navigating 3-D environments on computers when the applications are optimised for widescreen displays and multimonitor configurations, Microsoft Research has found.
The study found these form factors more naturally allow for the presence of optical flow cues in scenarios such as gaming, graphic design, architectural walkthroughs and various training programs.
Optical flow cues are continuous visual cues for navigation, which are built into an application's user interface.
University of Washington psychology professor Earl Hunt said the discovery is a key factor in overcoming known gender differences in the approach men and women use in navigating 3-D environments.
"It is now well-established that males do better than females in orientation tasks, especially in exploring virtual environments," Hunt said.
"Previous attempts to close the gap have centred on training women to use more efficient strategies. This paper represents an important advance, because it demonstrates that a characteristic of the display may be used to improve the male-female difference in orientation performance."
"Our team of cognitive psychologists, sociologists, usability specialists and computer scientists is working hard to push the boundaries of human-computer interaction," continued Dan Ling, vice president of Microsoft Research.
"This work in wide-screen displays will help lead to the best possible computing scenario for our customers."
These latest results build on a paper researchers published last year that provides evidence that women and men can navigate through the desktop more efficiently when utilising large screen displays that offer a wider field of view.
longer article here
http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=433
so goddamnit, show her this and make her buy a 24+ widescreen lcd! or two! thats 2k well spent!
http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/37/0c015937.asp
Women beat men in widescreen navigation
Women are 20 percent faster than men in navigating 3-D environments on computers when the applications are optimised for widescreen displays and multimonitor configurations, Microsoft Research has found.
The study found these form factors more naturally allow for the presence of optical flow cues in scenarios such as gaming, graphic design, architectural walkthroughs and various training programs.
Optical flow cues are continuous visual cues for navigation, which are built into an application's user interface.
University of Washington psychology professor Earl Hunt said the discovery is a key factor in overcoming known gender differences in the approach men and women use in navigating 3-D environments.
"It is now well-established that males do better than females in orientation tasks, especially in exploring virtual environments," Hunt said.
"Previous attempts to close the gap have centred on training women to use more efficient strategies. This paper represents an important advance, because it demonstrates that a characteristic of the display may be used to improve the male-female difference in orientation performance."
"Our team of cognitive psychologists, sociologists, usability specialists and computer scientists is working hard to push the boundaries of human-computer interaction," continued Dan Ling, vice president of Microsoft Research.
"This work in wide-screen displays will help lead to the best possible computing scenario for our customers."
These latest results build on a paper researchers published last year that provides evidence that women and men can navigate through the desktop more efficiently when utilising large screen displays that offer a wider field of view.
longer article here
http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=433
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