Experiences with non-techies

[jayctech]

Not sure if I've posted this already but oh well if I have...

 

Around Jan/Feb last year while I was out of the house, my dad decided to buy a new laptop. Before I left at some point we briefly spoke about what he should get. I told him to stick with a light ultrabook of some kind. Avoid wasting money on those touchscreen models and stick with an i5 (all he does is use Office and IE). I come back home from term to find he's spent £1.7k on a "hybrid" Sony Vaio where the keyboard folds behind the screen with an i7.

[Ceatra]

Not sure if I've posted this already but oh well if I have...

 

Around Jan/Feb last year while I was out of the house, my dad decided to buy a new laptop. Before I left at some point we briefly spoke about what he should get. I told him to stick with a light ultrabook of some kind. Avoid wasting money on those touchscreen models and stick with an i5 (all he does is use Office and IE). I come back home from term to find he's spent £1.7k on a "hybrid" Sony Vaio where the keyboard folds behind the screen with an i7.

1.7K£ = Good Average Gaming PC (i think)

 

(I mean that with that money you can build an average gaming pc, not that a 1,7k£ PC is a average gaming pc)

[jayctech]

1.7K£ = Good Average Gaming PC (i think)

 

(I mean that with that money you can build an average gaming pc, not that a 1,7k£ PC is a average gaming pc)

Average? Really? In my mind that's high end. Sli 980 ti's with an i7 if you want. Unless you include peripherals like a gaming monitor I guess..

[soup]

1.7K£ = Good Average Gaming PC (i think)

 

 

Average?  I don't think anyone who could build(assemble) their own system couldn't make a blazing fast gaming computer for that.

 

Mind you if you added completely unneccesary things like gold plated fittings(is water cooling actually required these days?) you could get to that sort of money but I would get a computer worth that not an art piece that performed half as good

[Ceatra]

Average? Really? In my mind that's high end. Sli 980 ti's with an i7 if you want. Unless you include peripherals like a gaming monitor I guess..

 

Average?  I don't think anyone who could build(assemble) their own system couldn't make a blazing fast gaming computer for that.

 

Mind you if you added completely unneccesary things like gold plated fittings(is water cooling actually required these days?) you could get to that sort of money but I would get a computer worth that not an art piece that performed half as good

Wasn't sure, because pricing.

[jayctech]

Wasn't sure, because pricing.

For reference, that comes to around $2.5k. Could make an even better computer in the US with it. (We Brits get overcharged comparatively to Americans.)

[Ceatra]

For reference, that comes to around $2.5k. Could make an even better computer in the US with it. (We Brits get overcharged comparatively to Americans.)

And portugal, geez (but spain, spain, I SAW A 980 FOR LIKE 1K€, LIKE WOT?)

[dukethedj]

A former friend tried to install MSI afteburner on an Acer Aspire V5. I told him he needed a desktop GPU for it to work properly. He said he DID have a DESKTOP r9 280  even though the card is bigger than the entire device and Windows shows the Intel Graphics Control Pannel. Not a trace of AMD in sight other than an attempted download of Catalyst 14.12

 

Keyword: FORMER Friend

Yesterday, he said his $300 laptop is faster than my $630 PC

 

I said "Prove it"

 

He started TF2 and he said he got 34 FPS with alll of the settings at minumum. 

 

I got 200 FPS with all of the setting cranked.

 

"Well the human eye can't see above 60 fps anyways."

[dukethedj]

I am amazed at the bullshit that non-techies come up with.

Blast Processing.

[mhdg]

My friend thinks the monitor is called the central processing unit and the pc is called the motherboard. Enough said.

[Flabby Waffles]

Every time my mom cant remember her password she start swearing and blaming me for not remembering it when she told me the password 3 months ago

[Flabby Waffles]

My dad leaves his computer on 24/7 and complains when its slow or loud.

[DigitalHermit]

My dad leaves his computer on 24/7 and complains when its slow or loud.

 

Sounds like it's time for a cleaning...

[Flabby Waffles]

Sounds like it's time for a cleaning...

Theres not that much dust or viruses

[GoldSrc]

My dad leaves his computer on 24/7 and complains when its slow or loud.

That shouldn't matter, I leave my computer on 24/7 and it doesn't get slow.

I do have to log out and log back in from time to time to get some of the ram Chrome does not give me back some times.

[Fgtfv567]

Not sure if I've posted this already but oh well if I have...

 

Around Jan/Feb last year while I was out of the house, my dad decided to buy a new laptop. Before I left at some point we briefly spoke about what he should get. I told him to stick with a light ultrabook of some kind. Avoid wasting money on those touchscreen models and stick with an i5 (all he does is use Office and IE). I come back home from term to find he's spent £1.7k on a "hybrid" Sony Vaio where the keyboard folds behind the screen with an i7.

Office and internet browsing?! You could have gotten away with an i3 and maybe have the touch screen as a luxury...

[D13H4RD]

The time when my mom told me not to buy extra RAM because, quoting her, "It makes your PC slower".

 

My brain died on that day while trying to find any signs of logic in that statement.

 

(I got extra RAM anyway)

[D13H4RD]

That shouldn't matter, I leave my computer on 24/7 and it doesn't get slow.

I do have to log out and log back in from time to time to get some of the ram Chrome does not give me back some times.

I have to reboot it everyday because my PC's RAM usage just kept climbing and climbing and after 2 days, it used up nearly 90% of my PC's 16GB of RAM, and I couldn't find what was causing it.

[nekomata]

Some bloke had broken his PC, and he asked on facebook about what processor he's using when on his picture it clearly said Anthlon X4 630. He deducts that his CPU needs to be replaced without further investigation besides saying that the damn thing overheated before. When people said that it could be something else, like VRM, he then asked if he needed to replace his RAM

 

Goodness gracious

[jayctech]

Office and internet browsing?! You could have gotten away with an i3 and maybe have the touch screen as a luxury...

He won't accept an i3. Says they're too slow so I say get an i5. He barely ever uses the touchscreen so it was pointless to get. In fact, the device has a terrible touchpad. Like 2 inches from top to bottom and like 4 across. Just a miserable experience I'm pretty sure.

[Speedbird]

@pspfreak found this one:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Windows-7-Pro-32-64-bit-COA-Proof-of-License-Sticker-Desktop-Computer-/161765928760?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25aa002f38

[DigitalHermit]

@pspfreak found this one:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Windows-7-Pro-32-64-bit-COA-Proof-of-License-Sticker-Desktop-Computer-/161765928760?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25aa002f38

 

now I'm not sure who gets the worst of it... the seller or the one who actually pays for it?

[ShiftHitTheFan]

I have to reboot it everyday because my PC's RAM usage just kept climbing and climbing and after 2 days, it used up nearly 90% of my PC's 16GB of RAM, and I couldn't find what was causing it.

#freshinstall #virus #govermentspying

[WkdPaul]

@pspfreak found this one:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Windows-7-Pro-32-64-bit-COA-Proof-of-License-Sticker-Desktop-Computer-/161765928760?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25aa002f38

I actually loled and now I look like an idiot in the office! hahaha

[Jey R.]

Well everyone think that getting more ram makes computer generally faster and that's the solution of slowness.