Until the people they convinced to buy Vista come back to the store in a black fart of rage looking for blood or someone to kidnap until their machine works like it did before.
Good. Freaking. Luck.
Actually the amusing part is that I've seen a number of new Apple customers come back to a Best Buy in just such a rage after the Apple Rep encouraged them to dump windows.
For the average (quote "I ain't very computer illiterate" unquote) user who is coming from Windows XP, Vista really is the better choice for them. It's horribly depressing, but true.
Also of note: Best Buy does, in fact, sell Ubuntu (when I was a salesperson, it could often be found sitting right next to the Vista machines).
I was stating that high school dolts can find jobs at these places
And all too easily sometimes! The smaller market store didn't do any sort of drug-testing, so there were a large number of burnouts (think Jim Anchower) and the occasional meth-head.
I have been excited to see that my current store (in the DC area) actually carries VPN and gigabit stuff, something wholly unavailable in the quiet mountain town I formerly called home.
While I know we're all sick of the defensive employee rant, I'd just like to point out that not all Best Buy/Circuit City/Apple employees are high-school educated dolts.
I recently moved from a small-market store in the Northwest (where the Geek Squad and PC employees were far more competent than the customer base) to a large suburban store (where, as customers have mentioned all too often, finding a competent employee can be quite a struggle), so there is a bit of wiggle room.
From my experience it has more to do with the employment opportunities than anything else. At the first store all the Geek Squad employees were college educated but without better opportunity in that locale. The few that have moved to larger cities have found much better employment almost instantly.
But with the turnover in larger markets, you can't really expect big box stores to require certifications for salespeople, can you?
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Until the people they convinced to buy Vista come back to the store in a black fart of rage looking for blood or someone to kidnap until their machine works like it did before.
Good. Freaking. Luck.
Actually the amusing part is that I've seen a number of new Apple customers come back to a Best Buy in just such a rage after the Apple Rep encouraged them to dump windows.
For the average (quote "I ain't very computer illiterate" unquote) user who is coming from Windows XP, Vista really is the better choice for them. It's horribly depressing, but true.
Also of note: Best Buy does, in fact, sell Ubuntu (when I was a salesperson, it could often be found sitting right next to the Vista machines).
Talk about LAG!
Naturally, it's too expensive to produce.
Most manufacturers actually have this technology, it's just something VW pursues a bit more intensively.
VW Golf TDI Hybrid (from May '08)
More info:
69 MPG Golf TDI Hybrid
Though it will probably only be available in Europe for a while, it's still a step forward.
And all too easily sometimes! The smaller market store didn't do any sort of drug-testing, so there were a large number of burnouts (think Jim Anchower) and the occasional meth-head.
I have been excited to see that my current store (in the DC area) actually carries VPN and gigabit stuff, something wholly unavailable in the quiet mountain town I formerly called home.
I recently moved from a small-market store in the Northwest (where the Geek Squad and PC employees were far more competent than the customer base) to a large suburban store (where, as customers have mentioned all too often, finding a competent employee can be quite a struggle), so there is a bit of wiggle room.
From my experience it has more to do with the employment opportunities than anything else. At the first store all the Geek Squad employees were college educated but without better opportunity in that locale. The few that have moved to larger cities have found much better employment almost instantly.
But with the turnover in larger markets, you can't really expect big box stores to require certifications for salespeople, can you?
... Mac OS is about to get a whole lot less secure.
you just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
There's a store in Missoula, Montana that has quite a different view of the used CD business: http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/31/ente rtainer/ent02.txt