For my new job at Farmers Insurance, their online quoting program is not compatible with a Mac. So I had to go out and buy a cheap PC laptop and I can tell you that within the first 30 minutes of using this piece of crap I was ready to pull my hair out. I haven't used a PC in years and I haven't owned one in probably 7 years. I cannot believe people use these things. And I'm not a computer programmer, so I won't get into what is better than what with regards to computer programming, but for the average computer users. The people who ju
st use computers for regular daily routine or general business use, I cannot fathom why these things are still in use. From the minute I started it up there were pop ups and I got the wireless internet to work and then it stopped an I had to jump through hoops to getting back up again and the constant asking of me to make sure my virus protection is up-to-date. Virus protection??? Oh right, I normally use a Mac. And still things are constantly popping up asking me to check this or asking if I should update that. This has got to be the highest maintenance device I've ever used. And PC people always boast about how simple it is to make your PC run smoothly if you know what you're doing. That's the point! I don't know what I'm doing! I like using a computer that just works even though I don't know what I'm doing. Why is that such a hard concept to grasp. Do you think my Mom or my Grandma are computer programmers with the ability to reconfigure their system to work correctly? No! Why should they be expected to do that in order to make their computer work? You wouldn't buy a brand new car and be expected to give it a tune up and add a couple of air bags for protection as soon as you got home with it? Would you? You expect that thing to perform perfectly right off the lot.
st use computers for regular daily routine or general business use, I cannot fathom why these things are still in use. From the minute I started it up there were pop ups and I got the wireless internet to work and then it stopped an I had to jump through hoops to getting back up again and the constant asking of me to make sure my virus protection is up-to-date. Virus protection??? Oh right, I normally use a Mac. And still things are constantly popping up asking me to check this or asking if I should update that. This has got to be the highest maintenance device I've ever used. And PC people always boast about how simple it is to make your PC run smoothly if you know what you're doing. That's the point! I don't know what I'm doing! I like using a computer that just works even though I don't know what I'm doing. Why is that such a hard concept to grasp. Do you think my Mom or my Grandma are computer programmers with the ability to reconfigure their system to work correctly? No! Why should they be expected to do that in order to make their computer work? You wouldn't buy a brand new car and be expected to give it a tune up and add a couple of air bags for protection as soon as you got home with it? Would you? You expect that thing to perform perfectly right off the lot.
Jiles! We LOVE LOVE LOVE the iMac and thank you everyday for blessing us with it. I still have to use a PC at work also and hate it! I have to call the tech guy for this and that through the year. And usually when I need a pdf file to print for a lesson I am giving in 10 minutes and it does not work I am screwed and have to get out Monopoly Jr. or something. My only grip about this Mac is the mouse and it has nothing to do with the Mac really, it has to do with my families germy dirty fingers and the roller ball is a germaphobe I guess.
ReplyDeleteI HATE our computer. It's obviously NOT a Mac. Donny installed a short-cut for me that he named "Restore the DAMN computer!" I use it a lot. There's always something annoying going on with this thing. Next computer will be a Mac.
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