Do you think that computers in people's minds are now in the 'utility' category like fridges, washing machines and dishwashers? If so it rather shows that, at least as far as MS-powered systems are concerned and possibly all variants, they have a long way to go before they can really be regarded as such.
I don't plug MS products but probably a £30 investment in Win7 might be the better direction to go in than back to XP for the HP - if you can find the cheap promo copies that MS seem to be putting in circulation. In most cases I suggest RTFM/RTFB to relatives with MS issues and if that fails then they should go to a PC World tech support desk. Once they've got over the shock tell them about Macs and OS X - and spending money wisely! On 17 Sep, 22:43, Ray Packham <[email protected]> wrote: > SMUG USERS EXTERNAL STORAGE > 4.....When relatives say Oh can you have a quick look at my laptop or > desktop get your passport ready and go away for a couple of weeks, in > the past 2 months ive repaired and installed XP home laptop for > mother in law, UBUNTU for nephew and with sams excellent help had > repaired an old powerbook for my niece who then needed instruction on > how to use it and wanted me to install various bits of software for > her, then finally father in laws downgrade, god I'm sick of computers! > > Regards All > > Sorry > > Rant over > > Ray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
