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| Thread ID: 106137 | 2009-12-28 04:55:00 | OMG Harvey Normal calling the system unit a CPU!!! | xyz823 (13649) | PC World Chat |
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| 843778 | 2009-12-28 04:55:00 | I was just having a look through their huge ad in the paper and saw a computer advertised as CPU only when they actually mean "system unit". What dipshits run this place? |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 843779 | 2009-12-28 05:18:00 | They have used that ad many times, and I thought the same | radium (8645) | ||
| 843780 | 2009-12-28 05:23:00 | Well at least they didn't call it a toaster.:rolleyes: | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 843781 | 2009-12-28 05:37:00 | I was just having a look through their huge ad in the paper and saw a computer advertised as CPU only when they actually mean "system unit". What dipshits run this place? Maybe they think CPU means something different. eg something like Computer processing unit. Its a bit like these stores calling those new LED edgelitt TVs LED TVs, when they are actually LCD TVs with LED edge lighting instead of CCFL |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 843782 | 2009-12-28 06:28:00 | Who cares....? It's just HN. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 843783 | 2009-12-28 08:09:00 | Yeah, I laughed when I saw that. They probably put that so that "Mom and Pop" customers can understand what they are talking about since that is what everyone calls it. :lol: | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 843784 | 2009-12-28 08:11:00 | Well at least they didn't call it a toaster.:rolleyes: They don't know that it isn't. In the land of the blind, everything is a toaster.:help: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 843785 | 2009-12-28 08:40:00 | Yeah, I laughed when I saw that. They probably put that so that "Mom and Pop" customers can understand what they are talking about since that is what everyone calls it. :lol: Calling it "the computer" is problematic as most people assume you're talking about the whole thing, and "that bit" makes it sound like you don't know what you're talking about :lol: So really, CPU makes sense - a bit like calling mass 'weight' in a way. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 843786 | 2009-12-28 08:57:00 | I am amazed at how many of my customers refer to their tower/case as the "modem" and whenever I get them to bring their computer around I have to explain that I just need the tower and that I don't need the monitor, keyboard, mouse etc... you can be sure that when i say nothing other than the tower/case they will still bring a power cable at least. (like I don't have a hundred here) always cracks me up. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 843787 | 2009-12-28 08:59:00 | I was just having a look through their huge ad in the paper and saw a computer advertised as CPU only when they actually mean "system unit". What dipshits run this place? Describing the case (and components) as a CPU is pretty common amongst non-IT people, in fact I've even heard it referred to as that by IT people. The IT people at least know what a CPU really is, but it is intended to mean not including peripherals like mouse, keyboard and monitor. So Harvey Norman just using a popular usage and anyway, only the uniformed would buy a computer from Harvey Norman as they're pretty expensive. |
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