by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 03/30/2017 at 16:31
by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 03/30/2017 at 16:31
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STARS: 7
$149 to set up a Mac? To start? Are you kidding me? Hold on, let me laugh harder.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
03/30/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
I could buy a PC for that much. Not a good one, but still.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/30/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/30/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 0
Do they also offer services to assist my brand new car in the break-in process?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/30/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 0
You might be able to buy a Windows XP box.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/30/2017 at 16:42, STARS: 1
No in-home service goes down for less than $100. Most of the people that are buying a new mac and want to pay to have it setup need more than an hour of help anyway. I’m $150/hour and with my clients that need this ultra basic level of help, I’ll be there for two.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
03/30/2017 at 16:48, STARS: 0
Where is this, Staples or something?
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/30/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 1
How much extra to press the power button for me?
"CB" (jrcb)
03/30/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 0
Yup, Staples.
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
03/30/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 1
That’s an extra $50. However for an additional $100/hr, I will not only set up and turn on your Mac, I’ll operate it for you as well.
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
03/30/2017 at 17:00, STARS: 0
I built one for about that much...It’s actually quite decent...
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
03/30/2017 at 17:00, STARS: 0
If you’re paying that much for an XP box these days...
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/30/2017 at 17:02, STARS: 1
Okay, deal. Then I’ll have my hands free while I stand behind you. But I get to pick the web sites.
Also, bring an apron.
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
03/30/2017 at 17:04, STARS: 1
As long as I get to wear this, you can do whatever you want
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/30/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
I think we may have just started a relationship.
"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
03/30/2017 at 17:11, STARS: 6
Laugh all you want, but my 70 year old mother would pay this fee and I would gladly let her so that I don’t have to set it up.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
03/30/2017 at 17:12, STARS: 0
This is just capitalizing on the vast number of people who still don’t know how to use computers.
I’m designated tech support for my mother-in-law. She basically uses her computer to play online poker and bridge, plus email, printing coupons, and occasionally facebook stalking people.
She had this old-ass Windows XP machine that was on its very last legs that I was keeping going with regular disk defragging and registry cleaning. I tried to get her to switch to a Chromebook but she didn’t want to get a laptop. I sold her on a Chromebase, but the new-at-the-time Acer Chromebase 24 wasn’t out yet. I told her it was better than the readily available 21" Chromebases, and to hang on until it came out.
But the next time we visited her, she had some not-very-new Windows 7 machine some random local computer guy had set up for her, hooked up to her old-ass grainy 17" 4:3 LCD monitor.
I’ve already had to do a bunch of fixing it. I should probably put TeamViewer on it the next time I’m there, but at the very least I have the password to her email.
Ugh.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/30/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 0
I hate taking these gigs. Sometimes I’m in a data center, and sometimes I’m in Grandma’s living room. Either way I’m $150/hour when I’m consulting and that almost isn’t enough for these types of jobs.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
03/30/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 0
You’re going to need some goggles
"McMike" (mcmike)
03/30/2017 at 18:09, STARS: 0
My mother and my sister both go to the dealership for everything about their cars. Even TPMS lights.
I’m glad they do. That’s two less cars I need to worry about falling apart.
"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
03/30/2017 at 18:26, STARS: 1
Whenever I walk in the door to the inlaws there’s usually a pile of tablets and phones and laptops that need “fixed”. I fake getting stumped often or run off to make sure my kid isn’t up to no good.
"McMike" (mcmike)
03/30/2017 at 19:28, STARS: 0
I wish someone ANYONE in my family was good at either cars or computers.
While I’m proud of the fact that I’m good at both, c’mon.... Why am I the best at both of them?
"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
03/30/2017 at 19:51, STARS: 0
Exactly!
"McMike" (mcmike)
03/30/2017 at 20:00, STARS: 0
I want to me that family member or that inlaw in the background that is able to tell the family computer expert, “Nah, I’m good”
"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
03/30/2017 at 21:26, STARS: 0
Yeah my 10 year younger BIL fakes that he doesn’t know how to fix their gadgets and network issues when he went through public school using iPads and took several district mandated coding classes.
"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
03/30/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 2
That requires a $5000 down payment and some legal fees
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/30/2017 at 21:47, STARS: 0
This ain’t no 50 Shades of Grey .