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I was at work today, someone came into the shop asking for a PC system, they wanted a new computer system to browse the internet, right now, we can get AMD quad core systems with Windows 7, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and Windows 7. He said it was for his nan, she wanted a new PC thats as similar to XP as possible. I said obviously, we cant put XP on a new machine because of its age, but Windows 7 is as close as you're going to get. He then said he could get for £279 from PC world the same PC with 4GB of RAM and a 500GB HDD... Completely ignoring the fact it was a very low end APU setup and not a quad core setup which would futureproof them so they wouldn't have to spend out £££ in 4 years because it's grinded to a hault!

 

Any moments similar? Whats your experience? 

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The number of times people have asked me for more "Rams" makes me want to punch infants... or wonder if they own a ranch.

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Yea i can't stand when people buy things they know nothing about. Like when i see someone with a beast gaming rig and they are like idk what GPU I have but it says alienware on it so it must be good.

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Add to that that people who argue whos got more expensive components or faster clocked RAM...

 

 

 

Must.

Download.

More.

RAM.

http://downloadmoreram.com/

 

MOAR!!!!!

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Pretty much everyone I know is computarded, it's not entirely their fault, big box stores push those crap PC's with 8GB or RAM and big harddrives because they know people don't know better.

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Bigger numbers = better apparently. The numbers are easier to understand for those who aren't really tech savvy and they are pushed to believe that more RAM and a bigger HDD means its a better system overall.

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Since you've posted a topic for this, it seems like you haven't discovered this wonderful gem: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34813-experiences-with-non-techies/

 

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*cough* PC World *cough*

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computarded,

Oi! Dont go calling console "gamers" names. They might not know much, but there isnt reason to use names...

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Pretty much everyone I know is computarded, it's not entirely their fault, big box stores push those crap PC's with 8GB or RAM and big harddrives because they know people don't know better.

I have to deal with people everyday like this :( I wanted a career in IT, not to show old people what the difference between dual core and quad core... it's obvious, quad is 4, dual is 2, 4 is better than 2!!!

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People don't understand that there is more to computers than RAM and storage space. It's not really their fault though.

They just don't have the knowledge about any other part of the computer. 

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I have to deal with people everyday like this :( I wanted a career in IT, not to show old people what the difference between dual core and quad core... it's obvious, quad is 4, dual is 2, 4 is better than 2!!!

Quad core isn't necessarily better than dual core, it would totally depend on what processor you're talking about.

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Pretty much everyone I know is computarded, it's not entirely their fault, big box stores push those crap PC's with 8GB or RAM and big harddrives because they know people don't know better.

Once in a while when I'm passing, I go into PC world and see what they try to sell me! It's mostly crap, they did try selling me a ''gaming PC'' with a HD7650 or something shitty like that in it! £700+...

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one of my friends got a new laptop and she knows nothing about hardware then my other friend called her out for not knowing how much ram it had. he then said he'll be getting a new laptop next year and wants so and so specs. So i said no wait until next year's black friday so that you can get a good deal on laptops based on Broadwell cpu's and he didn't know what i was talking about.

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Quad core isn't necessarily better than dual core, it would totally depend on what processor you're talking about.

I'm talking quad core APU vs dual core APU, I know the I3's can kick the AMD cheap quad cores in the corners... but I'm thinking on an APU side of things

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