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| Thread ID: 80696 | 2007-07-02 07:01:00 | Clive Wilson Computers | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 565035 | 2007-07-02 07:01:00 | A large PC place down here. Greven will know them. Lady rings me and asks should she get a new laptop or dekstop? I ask why get a new PC at all. Well its not going and Clive Wilson told her its not worth it as it would be really expensive to fix it. I ask, does it boot - yes. I ask, does it get to Windows ok - yes. So I ask, well, what did CW say was wrong with it. It has viruses. She's bringing it over to me. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 565036 | 2007-07-02 07:09:00 | Makes you wonder why they even bother to make/sell/service computers down there then. | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 565037 | 2007-07-02 07:18:00 | We live in a disposable society, if it doesn't work throw it away and get a new one. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 565038 | 2007-07-02 07:51:00 | We live in a disposable society, if it doesn't work throw it away and get a new one.a'la iPod | Myth (110) | ||
| 565039 | 2007-07-02 08:37:00 | We live in a disposable society, if it doesn't work throw it away and get a new one. yeah ive had more than my fair share of people who would rather buy a new pc than to fix a software problem. consumerism for ya :( |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 565040 | 2007-07-02 08:48:00 | a'la iPod a'la Windows. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 565041 | 2007-07-02 08:55:00 | Profit taking viruses off computer - $80 Profit selling new computer - $100's x ? Result - rich fat businessmen |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 565042 | 2007-07-02 10:35:00 | Well I can kind of understand CW's position. Depending on your charge-out rate of course, but if it takes you several hours to dis-infect a system it can end up costing the customer a substantial chunk of the cost of a new PC. And if it's an older, slowish PC to begin with... You are probably better to format the HDD and reinstall but 1. you've got to have all the original software and 2. you still have to pick thru the old system to retrieve all the users files, and dis-infect them before transferring to the cleaned installation 'cos they usually never have backups. And new entry-level systems are getting very cheap. |
Mackin_NZ (6958) | ||
| 565043 | 2007-07-02 11:31:00 | Profit taking viruses off computer - $80 Profit selling new computer - $100's x ? not always. markup on whole pc's can be fairly small. BUT there is a big push to get it out the door as anything sitting on the shelf for to long depreciates to much. ie it cost more to buy 1 month ago than they would sell for today. however its so much easier to hand them a pc than it is to actuall fix one. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 565044 | 2007-07-02 11:35:00 | Well I can kind of understand CW's position . Depending on your charge-out rate of course, but if it takes you several hours to dis-infect a system it can end up costing the customer a substantial chunk of the cost of a new PC . And if it's an older, slowish PC to begin with . . . You are probably better to format the HDD and reinstall but 1 . you've got to have all the original software and 2 . you still have to pick thru the old system to retrieve all the users files, and dis-infect them before transferring to the cleaned installation 'cos they usually never have backups . And new entry-level systems are getting very cheap . yes/no . i wouldn't call a few hours work a sizeable chunk of the cost of a new pc . . . . . . . mind you with some of the hourly rate some charge . . . . . . . :yuck: if its an old dog of a pc yes it may be worth upgradeing . but it depends on what your upgradeing it to . after all you still have to install OS and cust files onto the new pc so there is added cost as well . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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