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stupidest questions from PC users
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How about this one from my friend?
"I sort of have a bias on my computer but I don't know some of the specs of your computer? I know that apple has totally different hardware, hard drives, RAM, etc."
The only thing different is the CPU (PPC G4). I was astounded that he thought that and that he bought a $2500 Dell laptop. And he's 14 and I haven't talked to him since August because all his email accounts are gone. Thanks, "friend."
"I sort of have a bias on my computer but I don't know some of the specs of your computer? I know that apple has totally different hardware, hard drives, RAM, etc."
The only thing different is the CPU (PPC G4). I was astounded that he thought that and that he bought a $2500 Dell laptop. And he's 14 and I haven't talked to him since August because all his email accounts are gone. Thanks, "friend."
and don't you feel dumb when you misspell a word, and even the spell checker doesn't know what you're trying to type?
It's not really a question, but the sales assistant at the local campus store I ordered my Macbook at, doesn't even know that Macbooks can too play Front Row and have an Apple Remote included in the box, but decided to be rude for the rest of the time I'm there, which made me explaining it three times, just so I can test out the Front Row.
Sometimes, politeness just don't seem to work on rude people. But I'm sure it was one of the most annoying things that ever happened to my life.
Sometimes, politeness just don't seem to work on rude people. But I'm sure it was one of the most annoying things that ever happened to my life.
This Just In! Aptly Topical too!
Commentor: I just bought a Zune!
Me: Why?
Commentor: I gotta be different - too many iPods out there.
Me: So why is it again, that you run Windows?
Commentor: I just bought a Zune!
Me: Why?
Commentor: I gotta be different - too many iPods out there.
Me: So why is it again, that you run Windows?
Nice, I'm gonna use that the next time someone asks me why I have an iPod. I don't have to pay royalties to you or anything like that, do I?
*Conversation with one guy I know, PC user*
(1:me)
(2:him)
*On my macbook*
2:Whoa, that looks awesome!
1:I know.
2: Is that like, the new OS from Microsoft, xp?
1:It's Mac OSX
2:Computers can't run Mac OS X, doesn't it crash them?
1:No.
2:Where in He** is your mouse?
1.It's black.
2: NO WAY!!!!
1.Yes.
2:NO WAY!!!!
1: Do you have any idea what a computer is?
2:Yeah, I have one at home.
1:What OS does it run.....
2:Uhmmm......(silence for about a minute)
1.So.....
2. It runs Call of Duty 3.
(1:me)
(2:him)
*On my macbook*
2:Whoa, that looks awesome!
1:I know.
2: Is that like, the new OS from Microsoft, xp?
1:It's Mac OSX
2:Computers can't run Mac OS X, doesn't it crash them?
1:No.
2:Where in He** is your mouse?
1.It's black.
2: NO WAY!!!!
1.Yes.
2:NO WAY!!!!
1: Do you have any idea what a computer is?
2:Yeah, I have one at home.
1:What OS does it run.....
2:Uhmmm......(silence for about a minute)
1.So.....
2. It runs Call of Duty 3.
...Has he been in stuck in a cave for the past 5 years?
What happened to him?
What's the point of person 3 in this conversation. So what, they just sat there mute?
Sorry for the third person, thanks for pointing it out.
I edited it.
I am almost fully convinced he has been stuck in a cave, he is still running Windows 98.
I edited it.
...Has he been in stuck in a cave for the past 5 years?
I am almost fully convinced he has been stuck in a cave, he is still running Windows 98.
You can't single this guy out and call him an idiot. Most PC users have no idea what OS they are running. (although that cannot be said for my 75 year old grandfather, he knows more about PC's then I do!)
Royalties
No, but you have to pay $1 to Universal Music Group to counteract witty comeback piracy.
Nice, I'm gonna use that the next time someone asks me why I have an iPod. I don't have to pay royalties to you or anything like that, do I?
No, but you have to pay $1 to Universal Music Group to counteract witty comeback piracy.
-CrackedButter
If memory serves, his response wasn't so much a language as it were a series of "Um"'s, "Er"'s, and even a grunt in there somewhere before he just clammed up and walked off.
Honestly, I think I crashed his wetware. Human BSOD.
That tells you how stupid they are in a nutshell.
There is no Call of Duty 3 for the PC. Damn you Activision. Xbox is no where near as nice as my PC.
Reading further, it seems to me that your 'PC user' examples are people who can't be trusted around computers and people who don't quite know what they're doing... in other words, people who should be buying Macs. Perhaps you guys are onto something after all - doing a service for the technologically challenged by trying to convert the people who would struggle when using a proper computer
I know lots of people who call a PC a Microsoft Computer. They don't even know that Windows is called Windows! Those are also people that only use their computer for music and the internet. Mind you, I even know some mac users that call PC's Microsoft Computers, and the company Apple Computers they call Mac. To be honest, they only use their computers for music and internet too.
-hopejr
I think we're on to something here. The term 'stupidity' is not referring to the experience or knowledge level of the individual as it relates to the computer, we all can agree we don't know, or care to know everything. No, what the term 'stupidity' refers to is someone who doesn't have the knowledge, but pretends to, and a special level of 'stupid' is reached when hypocrisy or belittling is involved.
*coughtedstevensseriesoftubescough*
Wow, I must've had something really thick in my throat. It's gone now.
*coughtedstevensseriesoftubescough*
Wow, I must've had something really thick in my throat. It's gone now.
-zephead
Great point.