🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <418hus$451@steel.interlog.com>,
Dave Glue <daveacg@interlog.com> wrote:
>
>Wait a minute- this study involved adding _hardware_ and _drivers_?
>Since when does the average worker do this?  The tech support segment
>of the office handles this- how does this translate into productivty
>for a worker who is usually working on Windows hardware where
>everything is already set up?

You know, not every company in the world has a tech support department.
In fact, most U.S. companies are small companies with little or no
resources for hiring a full time information manager.

To be totally fair, if you buy a Windows machine and never modify it for 
your use (i.e. your needs are satisfied as delivered and the store you 
bought your computer from did a good job of setting it up), then you will
probably not run into any of those nasty Windows Plug and Pray situations.
However, if you do want to upgrade it yourself, then that's a totally
different story all together. 


>Apple needed a study to tell me that it takes longer to install new
>hardware on a PC as compared to a Mac? :)

People who have not been exposed much to the Mac and/or have been misled
by Salesdroids don't really know how much easier it is to set up and
upgrade a Mac as compared to a WinTel machine.


Cheers,
Benz

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