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18 Jul 92, douglask@pongnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Kasten) writes :

 > Crossposted from comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:
 >
 > Subject: Re: PC's vs. mortals
 > Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1992 14:07:41 GMT
 >
 >
 > matt@gbrmpa.gov.au (Matt) writes:
 >
 >
 >>> in one of our 486's.  I was asked about doing it.  I said no way.  I'm
 >>> Amiga person.  I'm not gonna be responsible for anything that might go
 >>> wrong.  I basically know nothing hardware-wisbout PC's.  This is dumb.
 >>> Give me AutoConfig, or give me death. :-)
 >
 >> 1) Buy memory for the machine.
 >> 2) Open case, insert simms into sockets.
 >> 3) Turn it on, machine halts, says memory limit size incorrect, hit F1.
 >> 4) Hit F1, then SAVE.
 >> 5) cold boot PC
 >> It couldn't be much simpler, other than autoconfiguring, that takes out
 >> steps 3 & 4, but where's the fun in that?
 >
 > I suppose this is why it took the *professional* service person 2.5 (that
 > two point five) hours to accomplish this task?  I'm dead serious.  All he
 > did was install two additional megs of RAM.  He opened the computer up
 > three times!  He ran various configuration programs trying to figure out
 > what was wrong for half that time total.  This guy is supposed to know wh
 > he is doing!
 >
 > You my argue that he in fact *didn't* know what he was doing, which
 > effectively reduces him to the skill level of the average everyday user.

 [...]

 Well obviously he didn't... When installing anything in a PC, it's wise
not to screw cover back on until _after_ you get everything working
correctly. :-)

 And I also don't think it's too difficult to install memory. It took me
all of 5 minutes last time...

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