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BBC Writer Tries PC Repair, Finds Poor Software

Posted by timothy on from the other-than-that-how-was-the-parade? dept.

twitter writes "BBC author Paul Rubens tried out amateur computer repair and wrote about it. All of the software was for Windows, and he finds what most of us do: "Most of the problems I've been called to look at have been caused by viruses and spyware, some by strange software [conflicts], and only one by faulty hardware." He then flames the whole world of computer repairmen as 'a bunch of unqualified amateurs.'"

4 of 703 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The reason computer techs are unqualified amate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they knew what they were doing, they wouldn't be wasting their time cleaning spyware off grandma's machine for $12/hr.
    You're right, I charge $40/hr

  2. Re:Close Call by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously though, what can you expect from an article written by PeeWee Herman?

  3. Pee Wee Herman? by Look+KG486 · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Most of the problems I've been called to look at have been caused by viruses and spyware, some by strange software [conflicts], and only one by faulty hardware."

    Fortunately, the hardware problem ended up being a temporary issue.

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    "Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold." -- Joseph Chilton Pearce

  4. Re:Yeah, wishful thinking, I know. by nmos · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my experience when people try to fix their own computers my billable hours go UP!