I saw this get retweeted. If dell really told her to just keep the laptop I’d be surprised. Sounds like to fix the problem she just had to call Verizon for some help with her internet.
So you think her reasoning was genuine? Maybe it’s me and the language barrier but I found the girls statement rather hilarious and waived it off as a lame excuse for having dropped out of Colleague.
Depends. If dell told her “yeah, its the same thing as windows” then I’d understand why she was confused. Ubuntu prevented her from going to college? No. That’s on her for not picking up a phone to call Verizon or the college.
I got to say. Im a Windows Guy, I tried so many time to swtich to linux but it is not easy for non initiated person. Even Ubuntu that is the closest to windows that i tried, is not easy. I see people with freakin Optimizer Pro crap that call me to fix their computer to remove it when all they got to do is uninstall it… I wouldnt see them running linux. In her case, she was trying to use a cd from her ISP tell you that she knows nothing in computer so i see why she had problem with Ubuntu
Of course not! I would never ever dare running an unlicensed copy of MS windows on any of my systems. That’s just immoral despite MS needs the money they make from licensing their operating system…lol
Only used on computers that already had windows installed but fatally crashed due to windows update failure.
Disclosure:Only used on computers that already had windows installed but fatally crashed due to windows update failure.
my windwos never crashes, never gets hacked and always (never) works as desired. But at least I skinned Win7 down to only use ~650 MB of ram. I wish Chrome would be so gentle on ram as well.
I’m a simpleton, I use a Mac. Never had any problems in the 4 years I have owned it. Hasn’t crashed once. I don’t dig into the OS much, just use it for graphics and design work. I am not as computer programming savy as most folks on here are. Learning though.
I’m running linux full time since about 15 years now. Even installed it on a brand new laptop without any problems. Everything worked out of the box LAN, Wifi Sound everything. I still don’t see what problems people have with linux.
She dropped out of college because she was too smrt, not because of her laptop… She knew she’d make way more money dancing on a pole than sitting behind a desk…
see, “back in the days” this stuff didn’t happen. We had like books, and notebooks and paper and pens. I never had a problem installing a new pen to take a test at school
Alright guys, I’m on WoW way too much and think it’s time to branch out. I’ve narrowed it down to SWTOR and FF XIV and leaning towards SWTOR but the free to play feature seems incredibly restricted. Oh and I’ll probably have a group of 3 others to play with. Suggestions?
I’m playing Bittrex atm, and am having good fun hunting Dash. When it gets back to 0.0126, I might snipe some more.
Also, sadly I’m far too busy with non-crypto work (setting up R&D project proposals, innovation with cities, restructuring a foundation), but when I find blocks of 4 hours and more, I plan on paying two games: graph visualisation, and automated portfolio management.
I burned out on EVE and gave my corp all 3 Titans, (with the understanding that they are only on loan).
Firefly Online is starting up soon, I have a Big Damn Hero account on there, looking forward to that.
I have been in Star Trek Online a bit lately and am enjoying the changes they made there, they took out some of the time-sinks so you can get to actual content, though mining is still a PITA.
I have an extremely difficult time figuring that one out. I’ve tried to play it a couple of time, and after about 10 minutes I finally just go wtf? and quit.
I had the same problem, finally i sat down, watched some beginner guuides, and killed 30 minutes and then started playing, and it made a bit more sense
@nemesio Yeah I try to get into it but just can’t stick with it long enough somehow. Think the dungeon crawlers just bore me after a while.
@DumbRedneck Yeah think I’m going more into a simple category since I forgot to mention the fiancee and my neighbors wife will be playing too ha ha. So swtor seems the most simple, or WoW of course, but trying to figure out if the price point of FF XIV is even justified. Although I might look into Firefly.
OooO, MUDS!!! Realms of Despair used to be my main one… A few decades ago… Put thousands of hours in that.
Edit - Then I hit a death trap with my main toon and lost all my equipment from the past few years… I quit after that… Stupid ass death traps.
Sigh. The entire Zork franchise. Early graphics games like Myst. UFO. Masters of Orion. I miss the good old days…
Hard to believe that I’ve been playing Diablo 2 for 15 years straight now. I can put together a level 82 sorceress solo in about three days, playing hardcore ladder on the realms.
You probably wouldn’t believe how many mice I’ve pounded into little bits of plastic over the years after a character I’ve spent weeks building dies due to lag…
Is this an Ut-Oh for Bitcoin coverage. I mean, where does Morgan Spurlock stand as far as Bitcoin? Has he spoken of it in the past and, if so, was it positive?
This could be very positive for bitcoin. Think about how Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s TV specials helped change public opinion on legalization of marijuana in the US.