Experiences with non-techies

[SirMonti]

I work retail in a tech store so I have a lot to talk about, but my favorite was the other day.  A family came in wanting an Ethernet cable so I showed them where they were.  They refused to purchase any because they said none of them would work, when I asked why I was told they needed a yellow cable and other colors won't work.  They insisted that they tested other colored cables and that no Ethernet cable would work except their yellow one.  Even after I tried explaining that the color doesn't matter and that it was the same cable on the inside.

[zombiepixel]

my steph sister thinks WiFi = Wireless internet Faster internet

X_____X lmao

[carguy86]

X_____X lmao

i was conecting my raspberry pi to the internet at home (cable) and she said: i know how to hacking internet like you do and that you are downloading google....... #biggestfacepalm

[MDPS]

2k is 1080p...

I once met this guy on a forums that thought 1440p = 1080p...

[ShiftHitTheFan]

I have had my 5ghz WiFi said as "I can see you" for a long time. I just had some lady walk by our house, and call the cops on us! The police showed up, and asked her what the problem was. Apparently the ssid creeped her out, and made her feel uncomfortable. This just @#$%ing happened!

[asim1999]

Hey LTT forum, i have just come back today from Dubai. Thus i wanted to share a story with your guys to start this thread off

Well a couple of days ago, when me and my dad went to my dad's close friend who he hasnt met in 16 years. Well his son has an Xbox One for gaming. Well i asked him to show me his computer becuase it was running "slow", and so i could upgrade it to Windows 10. TO my shock, it was a very capable AIO (HP's flagship model with Beats) that has a quad core i7. Well i told him it was due to three things: bloatware on his OS,  not being installed in UEFI mode (even though his PC supports it fully)  and not having an SSD (the CPU was the least of his problems, as was the RAM at 8GB).

Well then i asked him, why did you get this desktop: "gaming".

(HUGE FACEPALM)

I tried to explain to the kid that he could get an X99 rig with a decent GPU for the same price he payed for that AIO. He wasnt that shocked, since he could use his Xbox for gaming. (I played Watch Dogs on the Xbox at his house and the framedrops made me sick, even if Ubisoft claims that it is for a "cinematic" effect)

To top it all off, he cant even get a stable WIFI signal to his room, so i couldnt perform the Windows 10 upgrade. I told him to buy powerline adapters to fix the issue. (The internet is shocking there: £40 a month for internet that barely works, and that maxes out at 10Mb/s).

 

So have any of you experienced such things?

[christianled59]

I once met this guy on a forums that thought 1440p = 1080p...

1440p is 2.5k.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution

[Thebman712]

i bought a dell when i wanted a gaming rig

[Anarchyz11]

Everybody ever who buys an i7 laptop with no GPU and wonders why it won't play anything.

[minibois]

My PC as a whole.

But yeah...

[LNW]

That's crazy!! What kind of GPU did it have? And as for things like that? My cousin bought an Alienware about 4 years ago..and it had an i7, 16gb of ram, and a GT 2xx series gpu. It was a LOW end gpu, and was horrible. He payed so much for it.

[MDPS]

1440p is 2.5k

Yes its the more commonly used resolution called 2K, but 2K isn't 1080p. 2K = 2048×1080, 1080p = 1920×1080. 1080p is defined as FHD or Full High Definition, and 2K is defined as UHD or Ultra High Definition. I also think that 2K can handle a higher refresh rate than 1080p or something like that but could be wrong. But they are definitely not the same.

[lani100]

A classmate's computer stopped working it was the office computer from his mom.

He asked me to fix it I opened the case to see a Z77 mobo with a nice i7 2600k, 8gb of ram and stock cooling   in a so called office pc. Guess what it had a shitty 800w psu that bit the dust.

And no he did not build that one himself his parents bought it at a local shop.

 

I told them this pc is a beast but they were like yeah whatever it works and is fast.

[christianled59]

Yes its the more commonly used resolution called 2K, but 2K isn't 1080p. 2K = 2048×1080, 1080p = 1920×1080. 1080p is defined as FHD or Full High Definition, and 2K is defined as UHD or Ultra High Definition. I also think that 2K can handle a higher refresh rate than 1080p or something like that but could be wrong. But they are definitely not the same.

Standard vs professional. Same could be said about 4k not being "true 4k". Actually, true 2k would have a lower refresh than 1080p. More pixels. Although not much more.

[CydiaDash]

I know someone who bought an X99 5820k, 64gb DDR4, 8 TB HDD, 960GB SSD and triple Titan X so they could use wordpress. But HERE'S THE WORST THING:

 

[MDPS]

Standard vs professional. Same could be said about 4k not being "true 4k". Actually, true 2k would have a lower refresh than 1080p. More pixels. Although not much more.

2K refers to 2k pixels on a horizontal screen at 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen. The only way 2K would = 1080p is if you rounded up, and though 80p isn't a huge difference it does demote the fact that they are the same.

[jayctech]

Who the hell still uses CDs?

I didn't think anyone did but when I was working last year one of my colleagues (there was only like 6 of us and I don't think this ever came up with the other staff in conversation) was an 18 year old that still actively bought them.  :huh:

 

Some people also bought blurays but since buying digital copies of movies is still a pain it's more understandable.

[asim1999]

That's crazy!! What kind of GPU did it have? And as for things like that? My cousin bought an Alienware about 4 years ago..and it had an i7, 16gb of ram, and a GT 2xx series gpu. It was a LOW end gpu, and was horrible. He payed so much for it.

Intel HD 4600

[NumLock21]

The problem when someone applies a "gaming or workstation" build for every person's needs. Grandma want a nice computer to watch photos of her grand children

Intel  E5 2699 V3

Asus X99-E WS

1TB INtel 750 Nvme ssd

8TB Hitachi Helium HDD  (i think it was hitachi that makes helium drives)

128GB DDR4 3000MHz

4x GTX Titan X

3x 30" 21:9 Monitors

EVGA 1200w platinum

Corsair 900D

blu-ray burner

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Corsair Sabre Mouse RGB

Corsair K95 RGB

[Nexxus]

my buddy keeps buying these shit futureshop/best buy machines then upgrading the psu and throwing a gpu in and its a nightmare when he has driver issues since they use these shit foxconn boards with NO drivers on their site...the model isnt even listed on the damn site.

[christianled59]

2K refers to 2k pixels on a horizontal screen at 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen. The only way 2K would = 1080p is if you rounded up, and though 80p isn't a huge difference it does demote the fact that they are the same.

Okay, as Ive said already, I'm aware. My point was, we still call 1080p 2k similarly to how we call 3840x2160p 4k. Although it is not "true 4k" we dubbed it as such. Same for 1080p. Hardly anyone uses the technical 4k of 4096x2160.

[cd5josh]

mac

 

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[Guest]

mac

 

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But, what were the user's needs?

[cd5josh]

But, what were the user's needs?

 

supporting a hipster trend.

[MDPS]

Okay, as Ive said already, I'm aware. My point was, we still call 1080p 2k similarly to how we call 3840x2160p 4k. Although it is not "true 4k" we dubbed it as such. Same for 1080p. Hardly anyone uses the technical 4k of 4096x2160.

True that, but my point was just that 1080p =/= 2K.