wired.com— Someone over at wired gives tests his new Dell to see how many viruses and how much malware it takes to get the Geek Squad to call it a total loss.
May 30, 2006View in Crawl 4
i think its best to save important stuff on the net now, so that the hard disk can be wiped clean anytime. this is why i use webmail now. bookmarks, pictures etc saved online is also the best idea imho. this is probably the way storage will go anyhow.
I've found that when fixing machines as part of a business, the more "fair" you try to be about the price, the more the customers will throw it at you in gratitude.I've done jobs for $30 an hour that were worth upwards to $90 any other "established" company (i.e. Geek Squad...etc) and the customers would literally not let me leave until i accepted an extra $100 in thanks (AND future business).The key part when running a business is to be as nice as possible, explain what you're doing, and let them know you're available for them in the future.Getting mad that they'll come back only means you're gonna dry up your well.
wazzup? im also an IQ crew tech for Circuit City.Linux can play those games, but it takes some tricking.ive (as said above) jumped into the water, im messing around with SuSE10.0 at the moment and am running tech support for my mother who i put on SuSE. (so far the only problems are printers/PDA connectivity for her, everything else is better than good)WINE can let you play wow, but there was a report awhile back that the WoW anti-hacking tools will consiter this a cheating program and then ban your account. so i wouldent chance it.HL2 im not too sure, it would run i hear, if it dident use STEAM.on this issue though, i would have gone for the full reformat, not only would it save time, it would be the fastest and cheepest way to fix the problem. if i was asked to NOT reformat, i would give it a go with the tools we got available.
miaowMay 30, 2006
i think its best to save important stuff on the net now, so that the hard disk can be wiped clean anytime. this is why i use webmail now. bookmarks, pictures etc saved online is also the best idea imho. this is probably the way storage will go anyhow.
ceralorMay 30, 2006
OK, this entire story is just plain dumb. No s**t that would happen.
hakaiMay 30, 2006
I've found that when fixing machines as part of a business, the more "fair" you try to be about the price, the more the customers will throw it at you in gratitude.I've done jobs for $30 an hour that were worth upwards to $90 any other "established" company (i.e. Geek Squad...etc) and the customers would literally not let me leave until i accepted an extra $100 in thanks (AND future business).The key part when running a business is to be as nice as possible, explain what you're doing, and let them know you're available for them in the future.Getting mad that they'll come back only means you're gonna dry up your well.
watersoulMay 30, 2006
He could also try to open up .exe with wine, could be an interesting result ^_^
thorlordMay 30, 2006
wazzup? im also an IQ crew tech for Circuit City.Linux can play those games, but it takes some tricking.ive (as said above) jumped into the water, im messing around with SuSE10.0 at the moment and am running tech support for my mother who i put on SuSE. (so far the only problems are printers/PDA connectivity for her, everything else is better than good)WINE can let you play wow, but there was a report awhile back that the WoW anti-hacking tools will consiter this a cheating program and then ban your account. so i wouldent chance it.HL2 im not too sure, it would run i hear, if it dident use STEAM.on this issue though, i would have gone for the full reformat, not only would it save time, it would be the fastest and cheepest way to fix the problem. if i was asked to NOT reformat, i would give it a go with the tools we got available.
cheapdigwannbeMay 31, 2006
Nice to know how the "experts" determine the fate of your system basted on frequency of "antivirus" beeping.
acootMay 31, 2006
lol
acootMay 31, 2006
lol :)The horror
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