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Or perhaps the time when I put too much thermal paste on an AMD Duron back in 2000 that ended up frying the CPU soon after
I used to search for images of naked ladies. Instead of videos of them. Oh, the shame...
Um... have you not installed 8.1 yet? It's free, and... there's a start button.
How is it useless? What did you use the start button for before Windows 8? Your favorite applications, files, and/or folders? Yep, the screen does that. Did you use it for a quick search of your files? Yep, the screen does that. Did you use it to turn your computer off? Um, you can either use ctrl+alt+delete or move your mouse to the side of the monitor to do that. So what's left, really, other than stubbornness to change?Which sends you back to the start screen and is basically useless?
How is it useless? What did you use the start button for before Windows 8? Your favorite applications, files, and/or folders? Yep, the screen does that. Did you use it for a quick search of your files? Yep, the screen does that. Did you use it to turn your computer off? Um, you can either use ctrl+alt+delete or move your mouse to the side of the monitor to do that. So what's left, really, other than stubbornness to change?
You said it was useless, so I disagreed and offered a counter-argument, but you're right, I did come off kind of dickish. Sorry, I'm a little on edge at the moment. This damn Candy Crush level is kicking my ass... but yeah, the older start window was better, but I find I don't really need anymore.Whoah, hold on there. Don't act like a condescending prick. Please go back and see my first post - I said that I like Windows 8 and that I don't find the changes irritating. I know what the Start screen does and what I can use it for. I, however, prefer to use the shortcuts provided.
Probably my greatest IT mistake was paying many thousands of dollars to go to school earning my A+, N+, MCSE
Whoah, hold on there. Don't act like a condescending prick. Please go back and see my first post - I said that I like Windows 8 and that I don't find the changes irritating. I know what the Start screen does and what I can use it for. I, however, prefer to use the shortcuts provided.
Probably my greatest IT mistake was paying many thousands of dollars to go to school earning my A+, N+, MCSE... I managed to work for almost 2 years working for Dell doing level 2 tech support and that was pretty much the height of my IT career.
No arguments that the A+ is not worth the paper it is written on but was the MCSE truly that useless?
Personally I never went the certificates route and any education I actually paid for* was more self indulgence with none of it really being anything about IT other than electronics is kind of related.
No arguments that the A+ is not worth the paper it is written on but was the MCSE truly that useless?
Personally I never went the certificates route and any education I actually paid for* was more self indulgence with none of it really being anything about IT other than electronics is kind of related.
*student loans in the UK at the time were not quite as nice as the grants given elsewhere in Europe but "You will pay 9% of anything you earn over £16,365 before tax per year." and interest is around inflation are hardly bad terms.
Oh my god, you play Candy Crush Saga? You have my sympathy. As for Windows 8, I find that the touchscreen is unnecessary (unless it's on a tablet) and using keyboard shortcuts is a major part of my life now. I don't remember how to do stuff anymore; I use the keyboard shortcuts for them.You said it was useless, so I disagreed and offered a counter-argument, but you're right, I did come off kind of dickish. Sorry, I'm a little on edge at the moment. This damn Candy Crush level is kicking my ass... but yeah, the older start window was better, but I find I don't really need anymore.
I don't know why, but I absolutely love match-3 games. It's my one true weakness. That and porn.Oh my god, you play Candy Crush Saga? You have my sympathy. As for Windows 8, I find that the touchscreen is unnecessary (unless it's on a tablet) and using keyboard shortcuts is a major part of my life now. I don't remember how to do stuff anymore; I use the keyboard shortcuts for them.
Stick to Linux ... it doesnt fuck up your system that much
So you installed Windows RT which only installs on ARM architectures on an x86 computer? Awesome, show us how! Or maybe, just stop hatin' on Win8. Win8 hate is getting OLD.well it wa the RT version so idk about the full thing
IIRC, there are now special high-end cards made especially for micro-ITX cases. ASUS makes 'em.Biggest screwup: I had this custom built media PC (worth $500), one day the graphics card died.
I wanted to have it replaced instead of buying a whole new PC.
The guys at the store told me they didn't have a card like this (a card that fits micro ATX cases).
I insisted and they said they had a high-end one but it was probably not going to end up well due to overheating in the small case.
Stupid me went ahead and bought it ($200), a couple of days later the CPU+GPU+PSU all died of god knows what.
At the end of the day I bought myself a new media center, with a normal case and good specs. Been happy ever since. But I did waste quite a lot of money on this all.