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The Cost of Computer Naivete
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.""
This test just shows remaining Windows 98 users they should keep up to date or upgrade to XP.
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I think this article spotlights how unfair it is to blame the naive for having infected machines and passing along worms, trojans and such, as Microsoft tends to do more and more these days. I have heard it hear as well, but the fact is Microsoft has created a generation or three of point-and-click drones who expect everything to work out of the box. Microsoft blames security issues on their customer base for not patching (which would be counter to resonable business practice for anything but a monopoly), but most Mircosoft patches are akin to shutting the barn door after the horses are out. I would say let Bill fix the problems he has created, but where would he start?
10.5 hours? You've got to be kidding. What an incompatent moron.
I've completely wiped my hard drive, re-installed Windows, re-installed all my applications and restored all my important data files from a backup CD in less than half that time.
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