Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?

  • From: David Grossman <dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:42:38 +0300

Very interesting, John.

Is that article from CR available online?

By the way, I responded to a customer satisfaction survey from HP. They
never got back to me!

David Grossman


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>
> To backtrack a little, Consumer Reports magazine, for what it's worth,
> gives HP the lowest rating of all the manufacturers for customer support.
> See the feature on computers in the September issue.  Apple gets best
> rating.  But HP have the most attractive prices and value for money.
>
> As for keeping the jobs at home, the "native" workforce have priced
> themselves out of the picture.  If there are people at home who would kill
> for a job, nobody's stopping them from applying.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: David Grossman dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:00 +0300
> To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP?
>
>
> > But
> > in your case, if one is calling from Israel, then they should
> > not only have people than can easily speak and comprehend
> > English, but Hebrew as well.  (And you can transpose
> > "homeless American vets" to "homeless Israeli vets" in your
> > case ;-), and they'd be getting the work.  FAIK you don't have
> > that kind of problem over there, it's bad here).
>
> <snip>
>
> > I'm going off on
> > a tangent here, because FAIK most Israelis speak English
>
> <snip>
>
> > -Clint
> >
> > God Bless
>
>
> You mean that dot-IL ending in my address means Israel? The guys kept
> telling me that IL stood for Illinois. I was wondering why everybody here
> talks from right to left :-)
>
> Actually, Clint, my own English does not represent that of the typical
> Israeli. Some people in Israel speak English as a second
> language, and they
> can (sort of) manage with tourists. However, their written English is
> usually on the rudimentary level of HP tech support.
>
> David Grossman

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