Experiences with non-techies

[r3d0c]

35 minutes ago, smartninja365 said:

Ram =Random Access Memory  and  ram is physical and vram you cant download its a scam 

wow, you must be some kinda genius

[The King of the Undead]

On 1/23/2021 at 3:12 PM, smartninja365 said:

Ram =Random Access Memory  and  ram is physical and vram you cant download its a scam 

wwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Letgomyleghoe]

On 1/23/2021 at 6:11 AM, FloRolf said:

But no! She has a different, genius plan! 

She just bought a little book and writes all her credentials in it. 

 

That's exactly the definition of "NOT a genius plan". What the actual f#ck. 

I keep a physical book in a safe with all my info, it's a good idea, but not a book that you should leave lying around. 

[Sixel]

My mother is the least tech-savvy person I know.  Couldn't tell you the difference between a web browser and a search engine.  Tech is too far above her head so she just hates it, but she has to use it sometimes.  One of the more recent things she had me help her with was to highlight text in google slides (which she forgot how to do, because she has highlighted things in the past).  What she was doing to get around that? She was making text boxes, filling them with color, and lowering the opacity.  Individually.  Because she only copy pastes when it comes to text unless prompted to by someone else.  And no, nothing was aligned properly.
I love her, but showing her things can be exhausting, because she really doesn't listen to explanations of how things work.

[Letgomyleghoe]

6 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

One of my customers wanted me to repair their 2012 Macbook Pro with a failed hard drive. Thing is, they explicitly refused a speedier, cheaper SSD replacement and specifically asked for an identical 5400 RPM HDD. Why? "Because it's officially certified by Apple." No amount of persuading would convince him to let me install an SSD.

give him the ssd, charge him for the hdd 
/s

[Drama Lama]

10 hours ago, Schnoz said:

One of my customers wanted me to repair their 2012 Macbook Pro with a failed hard drive. Thing is, they explicitly refused a speedier, cheaper SSD replacement and specifically asked for an identical 5400 RPM HDD. Why? "Because it's officially certified by Apple." No amount of persuading would convince him to let me install an SSD.

and he'll probably rant about you for installing a slow drive

[RaddedMC]

15 hours ago, Schnoz said:

One of my customers wanted me to repair their 2012 Macbook Pro with a failed hard drive. Thing is, they explicitly refused a speedier, cheaper SSD replacement and specifically asked for an identical 5400 RPM HDD. Why? "Because it's officially certified by Apple." No amount of persuading would convince him to let me install an SSD.

Honestly, people and 'official' certifications can get way too far. Yes maybe a 'genuine apple HDD' is more reliable than a cheap brand-name but there are way more brand names in the storage space than Apple, that are also known to make reliable products.

There's a reason why OEM's make huge money from their 'geniune' gear.

[RaddedMC]

On 11/3/2020 at 12:18 PM, ragnarok0273 said:

Stop that! You'll get electrocuted!

Tell that to the people who lick 9-volt batteries to test them lmao

[cummerou1]

Colleague of mine wants to upgrade from a PS4 to PC. Tells me his budget is around 1000 pounds and he wants it prebuilt from a specific website. 

 

I put in a build (5600x, 3060ti, 16GB 3600MHz RAM etc) and explained to him my rationale (get a cheaper aircooler to save money on the budget, it will be enough for stock speeds and then in 3 years or so when he needs more power he can add a high end air cooler or water cooling and overclock it, don't need more than 16GB of ram, don't add a HDD, get it cheap used instead to save money on the budget etc). 

 

He then comes back the next day and tells me that his mate knows a lot about PC's and he took his advice instead. The build from the other guy was 200 pounds over budget, included an i7 9700K, water cooling, a 1050 ti, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD. 

 

He was obviously really excited about it and wasn't gonna change his mind, so I congratulated him on switching to PC and just mentioned that while his current GPU is okay, he's gonna need to switch it out for a better one eventually. 

 

It's just frustrating that he's gonna get a PC that will end up being 500 pounds or so over budget (assuming he sells his 1050 ti for 100 and switches to a 3060 ti or something) when he could have gotten a PC that was just as good or better for a good bit less. 

 

 

[my name is guru iam tech]

my mom is non techie she  says not to go inside google chrome but in windows there is no google only google chrome.

my grandmother think if the phone is restarting it is out of battery but it is actually an os update

[Lii]

techie and not techie are actually the same, you know those people who are sure about everything? those are a big pain in the ass, and no way that they are in the wrong, they are Always in the right, and the whole situation gets even worse when they are in a group

[guitargirl15]

On 9/23/2020 at 6:31 PM, Andreas Lilja said:

In 2020 it's more of a tool than a luxury.

 

Might as well have no bank account.

My phone looks like this and I'm doing just fine. I'm 21 btw, and I just don't want/need to be constantly attached to my phone. I have a laptop where I do anything that would usually be done on a phone, but it is not the kind of thing I take out every spare second I have.

[Ash_Kechummm]

3 hours ago, guitargirl15 said:

My phone looks like this and I'm doing just fine. I'm 21 btw, and I just don't want/need to be constantly attached to my phone. I have a laptop where I do anything that would usually be done on a phone, but it is not the kind of thing I take out every spare second I have.

I don't know a lot about tech, and I wanna switch to a laptop + flip phone workflow like you, but I don't know how mobile-centric apps like whatsapp or snapseed would work

 

Is there a solution or am I stuck with smartphones?

[Lord Bloobus]

5 hours ago, guitargirl15 said:

My phone looks like this and I'm doing just fine. I'm 21 btw, and I just don't want/need to be constantly attached to my phone. I have a laptop where I do anything that would usually be done on a phone, but it is not the kind of thing I take out every spare second I have.

 

Depending on use case, there's really nothing wrong with it. You probably have a cheaper phone bill and saved on the phone. You really only need a smartphone if you really want the extra QOL/apps. I watch movies, do stocks, email, mobile helpdesk, meetings, web browsing, and hotspot from my phone; so I really couldn't get anything besides a smartphone. But if you have something that fills your needs, more power to you. I will say that if any of those features speak to you on a personal level, there are always very attractive offerings at the $200 level.

My phone, the Pixel 3a XL, recently was on sale refurbished for like $150 and my gf bought one. So there are always ways to get in cheap. I don't care about what someone has unless it's actively hampering them and they're just being stubborn.

[Lord Bloobus]

A parent couldn't manage to get connected to the mobile hotspots we have setup for kids who lack home internet and they said "Well the wind is blowing pretty hard so maybe I need to get closer to the signal." They were not joking. A restart of the device fixed their issue as wifi profiles are updated daily.

[sub68]

On 1/30/2021 at 8:40 PM, Schnoz said:

One of my customers wanted me to repair their 2012 Macbook Pro with a failed hard drive. Thing is, they explicitly refused a speedier, cheaper SSD replacement and specifically asked for an identical 5400 RPM HDD. Why? "Because it's officially certified by Apple." No amount of persuading would convince him to let me install an SSD.

what the frick heck his OEM HDD will die with 3-4 years good luck

[sub68]

On 2/4/2021 at 12:56 AM, my name is guru iam tech said:

my mom is non techie she  says not to go inside google chrome but in windows there is no google only google chrome.

 

On 2/4/2021 at 12:49 AM, Schnoz said:

Waaaay too many people I know  do this:

this is my mom 100% and I can't help her

 

A dvd she thinks that video stopped halfway though is region locked.

Since 2006 she has thought that.

I took the video into VLC media player and it worked.

 

she also thinks bing is the best than, I open up task mang *sees pc go brrrrrr*

yep I need her to change to fireefox or chrome

[Lord Bloobus]

On 2/1/2021 at 6:51 AM, cummerou1 said:

Colleague of mine wants to upgrade from a PS4 to PC. Tells me his budget is around 1000 pounds and he wants it prebuilt from a specific website. 

 

I put in a build (5600x, 3060ti, 16GB 3600MHz RAM etc) and explained to him my rationale (get a cheaper aircooler to save money on the budget, it will be enough for stock speeds and then in 3 years or so when he needs more power he can add a high end air cooler or water cooling and overclock it, don't need more than 16GB of ram, don't add a HDD, get it cheap used instead to save money on the budget etc). 

 

He then comes back the next day and tells me that his mate knows a lot about PC's and he took his advice instead. The build from the other guy was 200 pounds over budget, included an i7 9700K, water cooling, a 1050 ti, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD. 

 

He was obviously really excited about it and wasn't gonna change his mind, so I congratulated him on switching to PC and just mentioned that while his current GPU is okay, he's gonna need to switch it out for a better one eventually. 

 

It's just frustrating that he's gonna get a PC that will end up being 500 pounds or so over budget (assuming he sells his 1050 ti for 100 and switches to a 3060 ti or something) when he could have gotten a PC that was just as good or better for a good bit less. 

 

 

My buddy bought a PC from NZXT BLD and they charged him around $1600 for a 10400 and a 2080S build. I told him congrats but next time talk to me. I could've saved him around $400-600.

[Lord Bloobus]

3 hours ago, Ash_Kechummm said:

I don't know a lot about tech, and I wanna switch to a laptop + flip phone workflow like you, but I don't know how mobile-centric apps like whatsapp or snapseed would work

 

Is there a solution or am I stuck with smartphones?

I think windows launched an update that made more android apps executable on windows, so maybe take a look at running them from there perhaps.

[Ar558a]

17 hours ago, guitargirl15 said:

My phone looks like this and I'm doing just fine. I'm 21 btw, and I just don't want/need to be constantly attached to my phone. I have a laptop where I do anything that would usually be done on a phone, but it is not the kind of thing I take out every spare second I have.

 

21 and uses a flip fone? I'm surprised they haven't carted you off to do experiments on you 

[Ash_Kechummm]

11 hours ago, Lord Bloobus said:

I think windows launched an update that made more android apps executable on windows, so maybe take a look at running them from there perhaps.

i looked it up, but apparently it needs a smartphone to run the app and then uses screen mirroring to show it on the PC, so it doesn't help at all

[tkitch]

Work gave me a new problem today.  Told me a screen broke.

 

Well, they weren't wrong.  The display was in 3 separate pieces, and the LCD was laying on the table outside of the plastic body entirely.

 

Haven't seen THAT before.

[Mitko_DSV]

5 hours ago, Ash_Kechummm said:

i looked it up, but apparently it needs a smartphone to run the app and then uses screen mirroring to show it on the PC, so it doesn't help at all

I use NoxPlayer to run android apps on Windows. Runs pretty well even on my laptops (HP EliteBook 8470p, specs in sig).

[Lord Bloobus]

They're trying, but I enjoy their efforts. Changed display settings for fix, issue was the projector had changed from fullscreen to not fullscreen

[Rauten]

Oh my, I didn't even know this thread existed!

A couple weeks ago I got a phone call from a user that couldn't connect to our corporate VPN - sounds like he's never had to work remotely before (weird in the current circumstances, but ok...) so I try to guide him:

Quote

 

"Ok, let's do this; please click on the Windows key in your laptop"

".... My laptop has that? What is that? Where is it?"

 

Please kill me.

 

FYI, the guy has been with the company for over 10 years and the company has been using nothing but Windows laptops for the users for at least that long.