The Reason I Have Always Called It "Clod" Computing

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The very reason that when a salesperson suggests I take my data off site I stare a laser hole straight through their forehead. One of the few things that a salesman can say that actually makes me mad. The other is suggesting that I take my operation software to a Microsoft platform.:mad:
 
I have no idea what all that gobbily gook means.
You are probably better off for it. It is one of those things you either love or hate.
 
Jags, BB, you have any experience with the new-ish UEFI setups?​
Got a new laptop with it and seems very MS-centric. Easy enough to work around, yet annoying.>>
 
Not so much. I know the freeware / opensource folks don't care for it. It makes loading alternate OS's difficult. It is VERY MS-centric because of the required "secure boot" for Win8 with a private key. (bastids:mad:).
 
By default w/8 comes with secure boot enabled. A whole bunch of bitchin was going on about MS trying to elbow out the other OS's. You HAVE to disable that to load a different OS.

Why MS decided to go with a platform designed for touch screen and apply it to a PC is beyond stupid. I hope w/8 goes the way of w/ME. Or at least they come out with an update to easily toggle the interface back to something designed around a keyboard and a mouse. Business production from a w/8 machine sucks.
 
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hehehe.....go ahead, you'll probably sound like me or my BIL.
He ABSOLUTELY hates MS. I refuse to go there too often and found an alternative instead of getting all riled up.
 
Replacing BIOS had to happen someday. And was never going to be painless.
 
I have a business to run and a pile of end users to keep happy. MS is still the industry standard for desktops. Just like MS Office. Its the only reason I entertain MS (well that, and if I run MS I always have something to do).
 
Replacing BIOS had to happen someday. And was never going to be painless.

Agreed, but that don't mean I have to like the way MS shoe horned their butts into it.
 
My desktop support group always wanted to go to Linux. I told them that number one the users didn't want it and number two if stuff worked right we would be out of a job.

Where some smelled chit I smelled fertilizer.
 
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I swear you pointy heads talk in binary. :)

I had to get help from the Internet people when my modem burned up. What kind of computer do you have sir... "uh.... it's black?"
 
Hell I worked for Exxon/Mobil. Ya gotta develop a thick skin. ;lol
 
My comments are completely in jest... just poking a bit to make a funny. ;lol
 
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