OregonAlex
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Hi all,
I have been playing around with the theory that there are people out there who although complain about unreliable computers secretly like the challenge.
I was thinking this is similiar to cars. Some people buy cars just to tinker with them knowing fully well that the car is unreliable by its design but are drawn to the challenge of trying to make the car into something better. These people don't get the same motiviation to buy somthing like a Toyota Camry and then to begin tinkering with it. The Toyota just works and there is no need to tinker with it and so it is just boring.
So taking this theory I started to apply it to what my brother was doing with his PC. He is the type that likes to mess with his car. Trying out new tires, new motor oils, air filters, etc. To me, it always sounded like some kind of obsession and I did not get it. If it ain't broken, why fix it is my matra.
Anyhow, every couple of months my brother would bitch and complain about how he spent the entire weekend rebuilding his computer, defragmenting his hard drive, or trying to clean up after some virus. Getting a program to work again after he installed another program seemed to make his other programs stop working.. Or getting his computer to run better because it seems to crash more or seem to slow down. You know.. the normal fun stuff that EVERYONE has to deal with on a normal basis and by the marketing out there of a perfect relationship with a PC feeling like its just you.
For years now I have been telling him to switch to a Mac because its not gonna get better, his efforts will be cyclical, he will just continue to be in misery. And after years of making up excuses (its too expensive, its doesn't run my software, and the normal issues people complain about) he finally went out and bought a Mac Mini after another virus took down his computer and he lost of all of his passwords in his web browser password manager and some Quicken files (taxes). However, he was reluctant to get rid of his PC. I kept telling him look.. Getting a Mac won't make you life any better if you continue to use the PC. The problem is the PC, and if you are unwilling to get rid of it, I don't see the point.
Well he has had the Mac for about 6 months now and has never had a problem with it. He tells me that he uses it for all his important personal files and for doing on-line banking and accessing web sites which require for him to remember his password. In other words, it is his mission critical computer.
The other day I hear from my mom that he spent the entire weekend messing with his PC again trying to fix it because XYZ happened and messed something up again. So I call him.. WTF are you screwing with it again?? Doesn't the Mac work fine??... why are you wasting your time, energy and money sinking it into that infinate time suck called the Windows PC?? Do you actually need it for anything. Doesn't the Mac do all that you need to do on a normal basis.??
He responds, "Yes but I like tinkering with it because there is always something challenging to fix with it."
Argh.. how frustrating.. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink!!
I have been playing around with the theory that there are people out there who although complain about unreliable computers secretly like the challenge.
I was thinking this is similiar to cars. Some people buy cars just to tinker with them knowing fully well that the car is unreliable by its design but are drawn to the challenge of trying to make the car into something better. These people don't get the same motiviation to buy somthing like a Toyota Camry and then to begin tinkering with it. The Toyota just works and there is no need to tinker with it and so it is just boring.
So taking this theory I started to apply it to what my brother was doing with his PC. He is the type that likes to mess with his car. Trying out new tires, new motor oils, air filters, etc. To me, it always sounded like some kind of obsession and I did not get it. If it ain't broken, why fix it is my matra.
Anyhow, every couple of months my brother would bitch and complain about how he spent the entire weekend rebuilding his computer, defragmenting his hard drive, or trying to clean up after some virus. Getting a program to work again after he installed another program seemed to make his other programs stop working.. Or getting his computer to run better because it seems to crash more or seem to slow down. You know.. the normal fun stuff that EVERYONE has to deal with on a normal basis and by the marketing out there of a perfect relationship with a PC feeling like its just you.
For years now I have been telling him to switch to a Mac because its not gonna get better, his efforts will be cyclical, he will just continue to be in misery. And after years of making up excuses (its too expensive, its doesn't run my software, and the normal issues people complain about) he finally went out and bought a Mac Mini after another virus took down his computer and he lost of all of his passwords in his web browser password manager and some Quicken files (taxes). However, he was reluctant to get rid of his PC. I kept telling him look.. Getting a Mac won't make you life any better if you continue to use the PC. The problem is the PC, and if you are unwilling to get rid of it, I don't see the point.
Well he has had the Mac for about 6 months now and has never had a problem with it. He tells me that he uses it for all his important personal files and for doing on-line banking and accessing web sites which require for him to remember his password. In other words, it is his mission critical computer.
The other day I hear from my mom that he spent the entire weekend messing with his PC again trying to fix it because XYZ happened and messed something up again. So I call him.. WTF are you screwing with it again?? Doesn't the Mac work fine??... why are you wasting your time, energy and money sinking it into that infinate time suck called the Windows PC?? Do you actually need it for anything. Doesn't the Mac do all that you need to do on a normal basis.??
He responds, "Yes but I like tinkering with it because there is always something challenging to fix with it."
Argh.. how frustrating.. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink!!