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Originally Posted by wizwor
I suspect your PC friends were laughing at you too. Some people are better off with a package that just works. You pay a premium for that and lose some flexibility. To be honest, I don't know anyone having problems like you describe. Last summer, I got my kid a laptop for school. The touchpad was funky, so I called an 800 number. A couple days later a box arrived. I loaded the laptop, sealed the box, and dropped at the carrier. A couple weeks later, I had a repaired PC. That was a $600 HP laptop. Even with a $400 Acer, a failed disk only required a call to an 800 number. A new disk was shipped to me (my request) and I was up in a week.
As for the disrespect being paid to the Apple cult, that might just be payback for all the "it's not an iPad" pans of the other e-readers. The tsunami of negative Fire reviews that preceeded anyone actually touching one was unprecedented -- and condescending.
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Well, if the were laughing...they sure as heck weren't helping either.
Which means I'm still in the same situation. SOoL.
I've never had those problems before - until the next time. But the truth remains - if you can't afford to pay someone to consistently do your tech work - you have to become a tech yourself. Some of us aren't meant for that...and I am one of those people. I feel no shame that my skills are in other areas. And I get tired of trying to figure out my computer.
If I didn't game (and if I didn't spend most of my toy budget on books) I'd have a Mac. But they aren't in my budget and I can't deal with learning how to (what is it called?) split my hd so I can run an Apple OS and a Windows OS on the same computer. If that's what it's called (I'm not sure).
Re: Condescending behavior/comments
I can understand not being happy when someone talks down to you about your tech choices. It happens to me quite often on MR. Doesn't feel too good. I don't practice that activity and wish I didn't have to deal with it here.