| Author |
Message |
|
bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
|
To stop my brother constantly annoying me with request to sort out his computer I have persuaded him to buy a Mac mini  Yeah no more support questions, as I have explicitly told him I don't have the knowledge if he encounters any problems.  _________________Finally joined Flickr
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:27 am |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
This should possibly be in the 'Win' thread  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:22 am |
|
|
|
bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
|
or in a I bagged a switcher thread _________________Finally joined Flickr
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:00 am |
|
|
|
Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
|
Hedge your bets and put it in all three. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:23 pm |
|
|
|
ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
Posts: 1652
|
I have several friends and family on Macs now. I am happy to offer support on them because a) I sort of know my way round them a bit b) They almost never have problems and c) Using the Apple screen sharing feature I can usually sort out stuff from home. I take the following tack. "If you buy a PC make sure you buy IT support at the same time because I won't touch them." Job done. _________________A Mac user 
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:36 pm |
|
|
|
JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 8767
Location: behind the sofa
|
I charge £130 an hour. Job worth doing </dreams> _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:38 pm |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
A common question aimed at me is, 'I can't get any songs onto my iPod, can you fix it?' 'No, it's iTunes and I don't go near that.'  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:27 pm |
|
|
|
koli
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm
Posts: 1171
|
There is what now?  "I bagged a switcher thread"? You people really are weird! What's next? Blowing yourself up on London transport "for the cause"? I am very worried!!!
|
| Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:37 pm |
|
|
|
ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
Posts: 1652
|
Hey! Bagging switchers is a popular sport in some circles. Can cause problems though if two Macalites have been trying to bag the same switcher. Who gets the credit?  CC*Hmm, I have looked for a tongue firmly in cheek smilie but I can't seen to find one*. _________________A Mac user
|
| Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:48 pm |
|
|
|
big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
|
Same here, but on Window, Linux and Mac. It freaked out my gf's eldest brother, when I got him to sign on for sharing and took over his mouse!
_________________
"Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
|
| Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:29 am |
|
|
|
adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm
Posts: 5048
|
Now, that's random and, may I suggest, weird. You should feel at home.
_________________
Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
|
| Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:02 am |
|
|
|
Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
|
Yes but it is also very extreme to get out of providing PC computer support.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
|
| Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:24 pm |
|
|
|
HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
Posts: 7262
Location: Here, but not all there.
|
Obviously. Though I have to say that I've found most Mac users I've been involved with to be mild-manners and polite. I don't think any of them would countenance anything violent "for the cause". _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
|
| Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:40 pm |
|
|
|
koli
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm
Posts: 1171
|
Of course they are. Now those pesky pc user...
|
| Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:57 pm |
|
|
|
HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
Posts: 7262
Location: Here, but not all there.
|
Quite. I've often found them to be the same. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
|
| Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:35 am |
|
|
