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.""

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reg only?

[ack154]

Shouldn't there be some sort of warning that registration is required?

you fai;l it

[Anonymous Coward]

may be hurting for it. I don't share. *BSD is dying. Everyone non-fucking-existant. O7 the above rivalry, and we''l AMERICA) is the members' creative luck I'll find

Re:To be fair to Microsoft

[callipygian-showsyst]

So now you're telling her that she has to spend $100 on a Windows XP upgrade *and* install an OS that will be very noticeably slower on her machine? You're telling her that Microsoft made mistakes and now Jane has to pay for it?

$100? That's a BARGAIN compared to what Apple charges for OS-X.

98 lol

[shitpiles]

If you installed the 98 box, would it be possible to also use the honeypot to download porn and whack your cocok off, you know something of the sort besides letting it sit, would that give you more chances of being anally and/or orally raped?