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Originally Posted by mores
Stockholm syndrome, anyone smell stockholm syndrome? See, I have had 2 problems ever since I switched to using Macs - one loose cooling fan and one non-working speaker, both of which were repaired at no cost within an hour or so. No spontaneous resets, no BSODs, no reinstallation of the OS, no crashing outlook due to filled up PST files, no problems with SPAM, no problems with virii, no problems with trojans ... All I ever do on my parents' and in-laws' computers is fix things, clean things up, undo the installation of 25 browser toolbars, and update virus databases. I've had it up to here (see me drawing a virtual line 50cm above my head) with system fixing, I am tired of fixing things. I only do it because I have to or else be disposessed  My friends spend an estimated 10% of their time not working but to tinkering with their machines instead. I have only had the mentioned 2 hours of repair time in the last 6.5 years, distributed over 3 Apple laptops. |
I've had my previous computer for about 5 years. I did not have toolbars and viruii and other assorted problems with it. My mother has had her laptop even longer and she's not had any of those sorts of problems. I do spend time tinkering with my system. But that's me. I don't tinker because I have to fix things.