It boggles the mind why anyone would want a low to mid range laptop to come with Vista preinstalled. And yet that's the only way to get them (reasonably).
And apparently Toshiba's only honouring the warranty now if none of the original bundled software has been removed. So a friend of mine ended up buying a cheap Toshiba, with the understanding that it functionally has no warranty, since he's immediately nuking Vista off of it.
Having recently finished a college program for software development - the ratios are pretty bad. The instructors were all so damned happy to have so many females in my program. We had about 30% female students, which was the best ratio in years. IIRC, there was already a committee devoted to bringing in new females.
Being a female, all this 'rah rah' business was pretty awkward, but it's a lot better than mandatory quotas. At least I know I got in and through on my own merit.
Have you considered that shouting at and blacklisting your patrons isn't helping? Often gamers 'pirate' games to try them out for a day or two, before shelling out $60 or $70 on them.
Now, also think about what parents are thinking while they watch you shout at some kid. I bet it's not that your store is 'family friendly'.
"They have fought the War on Drugs with skill"... haha, that's a good one.
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A more common occurance than success?
To be fair, I heard that second hand. Reliable source though.
It boggles the mind why anyone would want a low to mid range laptop to come with Vista preinstalled. And yet that's the only way to get them (reasonably).
And apparently Toshiba's only honouring the warranty now if none of the original bundled software has been removed. So a friend of mine ended up buying a cheap Toshiba, with the understanding that it functionally has no warranty, since he's immediately nuking Vista off of it.
Having recently finished a college program for software development - the ratios are pretty bad. The instructors were all so damned happy to have so many females in my program. We had about 30% female students, which was the best ratio in years. IIRC, there was already a committee devoted to bringing in new females.
Being a female, all this 'rah rah' business was pretty awkward, but it's a lot better than mandatory quotas. At least I know I got in and through on my own merit.
You're entirely right. I feel like an idiot for replying to him, in retrospect.
Have you considered that shouting at and blacklisting your patrons isn't helping? Often gamers 'pirate' games to try them out for a day or two, before shelling out $60 or $70 on them.
Now, also think about what parents are thinking while they watch you shout at some kid. I bet it's not that your store is 'family friendly'.
"They have fought the War on Drugs with skill"... haha, that's a good one.