True story about the $199 Linux (LindowsOS) computers at walmart.

[notfred]

Originally posted by: ergeorge
So, you're girlfriend's parents are idiots ...

Am I suppsoed to be offended or argue or something?

 

[dxkj]

umm, they are getting a computer.. thats the idea at least..... so they are paying 200 for the computer.?


what a dumbass (ergeorge)

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: ergeorge
So, you're girlfriend's parents are idiots ...

Am I suppsoed to be offended or argue or something?

:shrug: Why should you be offended? Your girfriends parents should maybe be offended. I suspect stupidity is hereditary to a degree though... so I'd keep an eye on the girlfriend

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: dxkj
umm, they are getting a computer.. thats the idea at least..... so they are paying 200 for the computer.?


what a dumbass (ergeorge)

So I'm a dumbass for pointing out that people who spend $200 and don't know what they're getting are dumbasses?
hmmm ... maybe another dumbass here

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: manly
You should have helped out the hick in-laws.

No, he was damn smart to stay away from that train wreck! If these two bozos weren't smart to read the little Walmart product discription card on the computer before buying it, what makes you think they would be smart enough to properly use maintain their computer?

Hell, even if they bought a system with Windows on it, I'd bet that they'll have the thing screwed up with viruses spam and spyware in a matter of weeks, simply because they'll click on every pop-up window and attachment they get without thinking first. Do you really want to be doing tech support on something like that?

 

[kermalou]

wait n the hot deals and you can get one from there.......

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: skace
Ah... the average consumer. People expect so much from them and then reality comes a truckin through.

 

[Sealy]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Sealy

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Sealy

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Sealy
The fact that your fiancee's mom bought a 200 dollar computer from Walmart leads me to believe that she dropped out of highschool.

So what?

Private joke between me and notfred. That's what

ah, butt buddy jokes

huh??

you're notfred's butt buddy

1) She's female

2) I'm pretty sure my fiancee's mom DID drop out of high school.

lol, touche!

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Sure it wasn't Ameesh?

HAHAHAHAHAH That was soo witty and funny!














(not)

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CarpeDeo
Hmm . . . i'd imagine even the "average consumer" would look at the features and spec's of a computer before dishing out the $. <even if it's only $200 . . . or rather- ESPECIALLY because it's only $200>

You must have missed it a few years back when the original iMacs were selling like hotcakes. They sold because of how they looked, not because of their features or specs. They were pretty and blue and round, and a lot of people liked that enough to buy one.

I heard that some suckers actually pay money to put neon colored lights and "windows" in their computers!

Dude, don't you know? That's what makes you a power user!

Aren't you the same guy who tried to compare case mods to rice?

 

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CarpeDeo
Hmm . . . i'd imagine even the "average consumer" would look at the features and spec's of a computer before dishing out the $. <even if it's only $200 . . . or rather- ESPECIALLY because it's only $200>

You must have missed it a few years back when the original iMacs were selling like hotcakes. They sold because of how they looked, not because of their features or specs. They were pretty and blue and round, and a lot of people liked that enough to buy one.

I heard that some suckers actually pay money to put neon colored lights and "windows" in their computers!

Dude, don't you know? That's what makes you a power user!

Aren't you the same guy who tried to compare case mods to rice?

he isnt the only one. Case modding is rice.

 

[ed21x]

curiosity bit me. what are the specs on the $200 computer? after I reinstall the OS and ass a videocard, can I convert it into a set-top box for recording videos/playing divx on my tv?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: ed21x
curiosity bit me. what are the specs on the $200 computer? after I reinstall the OS and ass a videocard, can I convert it into a set-top box for recording videos/playing divx on my tv?

Yeah, probably. It might not have any available pci slots though. Definitely no agp.

And you may not want to ass the videocard, that sounds painful.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CarpeDeo
Hmm . . . i'd imagine even the "average consumer" would look at the features and spec's of a computer before dishing out the $. <even if it's only $200 . . . or rather- ESPECIALLY because it's only $200>

You must have missed it a few years back when the original iMacs were selling like hotcakes. They sold because of how they looked, not because of their features or specs. They were pretty and blue and round, and a lot of people liked that enough to buy one.

I heard that some suckers actually pay money to put neon colored lights and "windows" in their computers!

Dude, don't you know? That's what makes you a power user!

Aren't you the same guy who tried to compare case mods to rice?

he isnt the only one. Case modding is rice.

And you're a moron.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
And you're a moron.

I don't know FallenHero very well, so it's entirely possible he's a moron, but based solely on his last post, I'd have to say that he's not.

Rice: Adding a bunch of cosmetic junk to your car (or computer) for the purpose of making it look "cool", without improving performance, but instead causing it to be noisy, glow, and usually be visually obnoxious.

 

[novon]

They could use word documents with Lindows for free, and instead of AOL they could get a real ISP and save money so they wouldn't be so poor.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
And you're a moron.

I don't know FallenHero very well, so it's entirely possible he's a moron, but based solely on his last post, I'd have to say that he's not.

Rice: Adding a bunch of cosmetic junk to your car (or computer) for the purpose of making it look "cool", without improving performance, but instead causing it to be noisy, glow, and usually be visually obnoxious.

Ricer: A slow car, usually a family econobox like a Civic, made to look fast and powerful when it is now. However, a P4 3.2 800 is powerful, therefore, it is ok to casemod and show off the awesome specs.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
And you're a moron.

I don't know FallenHero very well, so it's entirely possible he's a moron, but based solely on his last post, I'd have to say that he's not.

Rice: Adding a bunch of cosmetic junk to your car (or computer) for the purpose of making it look "cool", without improving performance, but instead causing it to be noisy, glow, and usually be visually obnoxious.

Ricer: A slow car, usually a family econobox like a Civic, made to look fast and powerful when it is now. However, a P4 3.2 800 is powerful, therefore, it is ok to casemod and show off the awesome specs.

But it still looks like Rice. Modding to anything should be done tastefully.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: PilsnerpeteAre you saying that Imacs SUCK?!

No, I'm saying people bought them almost entirely based on how they look.

I'll say it, Imacs SUCK!

I'll second that...

 

[Nebor]

Consider this, there are people just like them, that are (somehow) on the opposite end of the wealth spectrum (lottery?) who hand 6 or 7 thousand dollars to Alienware, and have no idea what they're getting. Which is a worse idea?

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: Millennium

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
And you're a moron.

I don't know FallenHero very well, so it's entirely possible he's a moron, but based solely on his last post, I'd have to say that he's not.

Rice: Adding a bunch of cosmetic junk to your car (or computer) for the purpose of making it look "cool", without improving performance, but instead causing it to be noisy, glow, and usually be visually obnoxious.

Ricer: A slow car, usually a family econobox like a Civic, made to look fast and powerful when it is now. However, a P4 3.2 800 is powerful, therefore, it is ok to casemod and show off the awesome specs.

But it still looks like Rice. Modding to anything should be done tastefully.

Yeah, maybe a case crammed with 24 cathodes. That's just ugly. But good casemodding = 1337.