-=PCTechTalk=- Re: To fix IE 6

 yet I know people who SWEAR by Delll so there in lays the land..there will 
always be hangups somewhere with something.  One set of people will have 
nothing but trouble and others will be happy as can be...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L. Cruz" <lilcruz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:29 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: To fix IE 6


> Goes to show that what is Heaven for one person is Hell for another :o))
> Like lots of things in life, computers are a question of luck !!!
>
> Lil
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David F. Wooledge" <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "PcTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:01 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: To fix IE 6
>
>
>
>
> My 6 or 7 year old Gateway is on 24 hours a day and has been mostly since 
> I
> bought it.  I use it for business
> and personal use most waking hours. When I am not using it I always have 
> it
> doing something such as SETI. I am not a light user.
> I have never had to take it to a repair shop.  I did install more memory
> and did replace the original hard drive with two larger ones and
> installed a CD-RW\DVD drive.
>  It came with 98SE installed, I upgraded to Me, then to XP Pro.  It now
> dual boots with XP Pro and Linux Linspire 4.5  I am getting
> ready to update the Linspire to Ver. 5.0 and also install Ubuntu 5.10 for 
> a
> triple boot.
> I was just commenting that lying (bluffing) to
> try to get something free might not be the best approach to take.  I did
> state the company was not consumer friendly either.  It certainly was 
> taking
> the wrong approach
> to get a repeat customer.
> I'm sorry you and others bought electronics from HP that are poorly made 
> and
> keep breaking.  I did my research when I bought the Gateway and determined
> that HP was a
> company I did not want to buy from.  By the way my house mate's Dell was
> always breaking down and he could never get good tech support from them.
> All repairs I had to do at
> his own expense for the parts.
> It finally quit for good after three years and he still had payments on it
> to Dell due.  He did little research about the company and bought 
> primarily
> based on price.
> He is a light user, weeks went by with out the Dell even being turned on.
> We'll never buy a Dell again.  He got an eMachine (part of Gateway) and is
> very satisfied.
> Dave
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:53:04 -0400
> From: "ms24" <ms24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: To fix IE 6
>
> Dear Dave,
>
> Perhaps you are a very light computer user...  I happen to fully agree 
> with
> Mary Lou.
>
> I have had 4 bad personal experiences with HP between 2001 and 2005, and
> fully agree.   HPs cannot handle even moderate usage [3 to 4 hours per 
> day].
> Computers fail after about a year and develop one problem after another 
> and
> HP even under extended contract gives you a hard time and wants to make
> appointments about 10 days off to resolve problems after they finally 
> agree
> that they are responsible.  They won't send you the part to let you do the
> repair, even if you promise to send them the old part.
> [PS -- the tech for my general area is 40 miles away and doesn't even have 
> a
> shop... Works out of his own apartment.]
>
> Do you really want to be without a personal computer for 10 days until a
> tech that they contract and doesn't even work for them, comes to your 
> home?
> I happen to tell the tech what was wrong each time and told him not to 
> show
> up at the house without the part needed.  [Two had been my own and 2
> belonged to other people.  After the last incident with them, I gave up 
> and
> purchased a Dell.  It's a year and 3 months old and not a problem and I'm 
> a
> heavy user.  6 to 10 hours daily -- 6 days per week.  Without a computer,
> I'm out of work.]
>
> With my first HP, the motherboard failed and I had to borrow a computer 
> for
> 3 months until they determined they could not replace the motherboard and
> prorated a 2d which kept failing until I got disgusted with them and 
> decided
> to buy one from a real computer company.
>
> Just as a comparison to their quality, I have a computer I built myself in
> '98 with Win 98 SE installed that is still being used by someone who 
> doesn't
> want it updated because they're satisfied with it as is.  They are what I
> would term a "moderate user".  The only "repair" has been a RAM memory
> upgrade from 256 to 512.
>
> Emma
> ms24@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
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