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I was talking with my dad tonight about my job and all of this came to me at once.
To sum things up it came to the point of: People don't realize that using a computer is extremely sophisticated. More-so than any other piece of technology that the general population has access to.
The thing is, with that sophistication, people don't have to know how it works to use it, EXACTLY like driving a car. To make that statement relevant think about it compared to driving a car. Did you ever take a class to learn the "rules" of using a computer? Hell no, you might have learned a few things from a friend or family member (which is how I learned...I can thank LT1Pat for starting my interest and teaching me when I was younger lots of shit that I wouldn't know otherwise).
In comparison, driving a car is far less sophisticated than the use of a computer.
Why does it not seem that way though? I'll tell you. It's because a person can get in a car and drive and kill yourself or someone else. But when you turn on your computer you can't kill yourself or anyone else.
Another reason why people don't think of using a computer as more sophisticated than driving a car is because at a computer you can take as long as you want to do something rather than, for example, being governed by traffic laws in which there is a set pace at all times (speed limits, traffic lights, etc...)
Similar to changing the oil and rotating the tires as a regular maintenance on your car, there are similar things that should be done on your computer. And when you don't change the oil and rotate the tires on your car you get problems...and if you don't do regular maintenance to your computer guess what? It's gunna be fucked up after a while!
Now, the funny thing is, there are alllll these classes to get microsoft certified or get a degree in computer science. But there are no classes that teach someone how to use a computer smart and safely.
Microsoft certifications teach you how to solve problems and computer science related degrees deal with computers from the ground up, similar to an engineer for cars.
What does all of this mean? If you have problems with your computer, DONT go blaming the companies that make the computer or the companies you take your computer to get fixed at. You can only blame yourself for poor and uneducated use as to why your computer is fucked up.
And why do you always hear the phrase "Macs are better they don't have problems BLAH BLAH BLAH." It's because Apple knew they were going to have a home-user customer base and built their computers based on knowing that people don't want to take the time to learn how to smart and safely use a windows PC.
People don't understand either that Microsoft developed Windows primarily as a BUSINESS TOOL. When Windows is being used in a workplace (where the business has someone intelligently running their network) people (generally) have very strict restrictions on their account and most of the time only use the specific business related applications they have to use.
Yes, people still surf the net at work, but the reason why problems are minimal on a work computer is because the people that set up those computers and that network set it up to not get fucked (to whatever degree they felt like or were told to do). And when someone's computer at an office does get fucked they have an in-house IT guy or a company they consult to take care of all their problems. The user of the computer doesn't see any of the money that goes into repairing what they fucked up and doesn't have to deal with it AT ALL.
In the end, the people that don't learn allow the people like me make money off of the uneducated users.:bigthumb: But seriously depending on where you take your computer to get fixed, the technician can milk a customer by easily talking relatively sophisticated computer talk to the customer. Saying this and that is wrong and you'll have to spend this much to get it fixed.
For all the customer knows they might not need any new parts at all!!! This is why education would make a difference. You would be able to tell the technician "fuck you" instead of not knowing what they are saying and going "do what you gotta do I need my computer back ASAP."
This exact scenario happens here:
http://10tv.com/vplayer.php?clip=2008_02_21_Computer_Problems.wmv
After watching that; even then, MicroCenter either doesn't know what they are doing or they just knew they could milk the customer. There is honestly no way to tell but most likely milking the customer.
I've helped many people on this forum with computer problems that would normally costs hundreds of dollars to fix. I do it because I enjoy this place and the people here.
I hoped you enjoyed my insight on computer usage and hopefully it explains a lot to some people and I'd love for this word to get out to the world.
To sum things up it came to the point of: People don't realize that using a computer is extremely sophisticated. More-so than any other piece of technology that the general population has access to.
The thing is, with that sophistication, people don't have to know how it works to use it, EXACTLY like driving a car. To make that statement relevant think about it compared to driving a car. Did you ever take a class to learn the "rules" of using a computer? Hell no, you might have learned a few things from a friend or family member (which is how I learned...I can thank LT1Pat for starting my interest and teaching me when I was younger lots of shit that I wouldn't know otherwise).
In comparison, driving a car is far less sophisticated than the use of a computer.
Why does it not seem that way though? I'll tell you. It's because a person can get in a car and drive and kill yourself or someone else. But when you turn on your computer you can't kill yourself or anyone else.
Another reason why people don't think of using a computer as more sophisticated than driving a car is because at a computer you can take as long as you want to do something rather than, for example, being governed by traffic laws in which there is a set pace at all times (speed limits, traffic lights, etc...)
Similar to changing the oil and rotating the tires as a regular maintenance on your car, there are similar things that should be done on your computer. And when you don't change the oil and rotate the tires on your car you get problems...and if you don't do regular maintenance to your computer guess what? It's gunna be fucked up after a while!
Now, the funny thing is, there are alllll these classes to get microsoft certified or get a degree in computer science. But there are no classes that teach someone how to use a computer smart and safely.
Microsoft certifications teach you how to solve problems and computer science related degrees deal with computers from the ground up, similar to an engineer for cars.
What does all of this mean? If you have problems with your computer, DONT go blaming the companies that make the computer or the companies you take your computer to get fixed at. You can only blame yourself for poor and uneducated use as to why your computer is fucked up.
And why do you always hear the phrase "Macs are better they don't have problems BLAH BLAH BLAH." It's because Apple knew they were going to have a home-user customer base and built their computers based on knowing that people don't want to take the time to learn how to smart and safely use a windows PC.
People don't understand either that Microsoft developed Windows primarily as a BUSINESS TOOL. When Windows is being used in a workplace (where the business has someone intelligently running their network) people (generally) have very strict restrictions on their account and most of the time only use the specific business related applications they have to use.
Yes, people still surf the net at work, but the reason why problems are minimal on a work computer is because the people that set up those computers and that network set it up to not get fucked (to whatever degree they felt like or were told to do). And when someone's computer at an office does get fucked they have an in-house IT guy or a company they consult to take care of all their problems. The user of the computer doesn't see any of the money that goes into repairing what they fucked up and doesn't have to deal with it AT ALL.
In the end, the people that don't learn allow the people like me make money off of the uneducated users.:bigthumb: But seriously depending on where you take your computer to get fixed, the technician can milk a customer by easily talking relatively sophisticated computer talk to the customer. Saying this and that is wrong and you'll have to spend this much to get it fixed.
For all the customer knows they might not need any new parts at all!!! This is why education would make a difference. You would be able to tell the technician "fuck you" instead of not knowing what they are saying and going "do what you gotta do I need my computer back ASAP."
This exact scenario happens here:
http://10tv.com/vplayer.php?clip=2008_02_21_Computer_Problems.wmv
After watching that; even then, MicroCenter either doesn't know what they are doing or they just knew they could milk the customer. There is honestly no way to tell but most likely milking the customer.
I've helped many people on this forum with computer problems that would normally costs hundreds of dollars to fix. I do it because I enjoy this place and the people here.
I hoped you enjoyed my insight on computer usage and hopefully it explains a lot to some people and I'd love for this word to get out to the world.
