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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.'"

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  1. Re:Yeah, wishful thinking, I know. by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know what you mean, but I have seen old computers that use the Intel 8086. They have been running pretty much non-stop for decades and their cases have never been opened once.

    I was playing Jupiter Lander on my 22-year-old VIC-20 on the weekend. Still works fine, though I have to wonder why the game developers thought that Jupiter has a rocky surface...

  2. Re:Cost/value by katsiris · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm not one to do this, but...

    Mod parent up!

  3. Re:Last Call. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You submitted the article because it lets you waddle in your pointless "M$" bashing yet again. This is a non-story. The guy is an idiot. The "editors" accepted it because they were running low on their borg quota for the day, I'm sure.

    BTW, nice to see you're posting at -1 now. I guess what goes around comes around.