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The Cost of Computer Naivete

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stupid-costs-a-lot dept.

wiredog writes "What happens when you put an unprotected Windows 98 box on a broadband connection? Two perspectives from two reporters for the Washington Post (frr,yyy): The User's " an odyssey that has taken $800 and roughly 48 man-hours over nearly three weeks" and Digital Doctor's "Her PC was in such bad shape, it required 10 1/2 hours of surgery to restore it to working condition.""

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. 10 1/2 hours? by travail_jgd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Her PC was in such bad shape, it required 10 1/2 hours of surgery to restore it to working condition.""

    [sarcasm]

    That's pretty quick for installing Gentoo and compiling KDE!

    [/sarcasm]

    1. Re:10 1/2 hours? by ceeam · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And for me that's THE problem with open source now.