Name: FrozenVoid!FrOzEn2BUo 2009-01-07 21:08
I recently had the displeasure of installing Linux on somebody's computer. This guy had no knowledge of computers, or what Windows, Linux etc ... was, so I decided to have a little fun with guy ;)
I ended up installing FreeBSD 7.1, which was just released yesterday, and setting up a window / desktop manager.
The conversation went something like:
FrozenVoid: Okay sir, I just need your signature here and here
Guy: Just a couple of questions, how do I install this game **shows me a box of WORLD OF WARCRAFT**?
FV: To do that, you'll need to buy a new computer, as this computer is not compatible with WOW.
Customers have a choice between Windows and Linux when we install their PC. But get this, the guy chose Windows the first time, but we installed linux anyway, what's the difference right?
At this stage, the guy is getting... rather animated shall we say, about having to spend another $800 for a new installation.
To cut a long story short, the guy ended up ordering a new PC.
But the thing is this, I get to keep the original PC, since we can't return it nor can we keep it in stock. So I just netted myself the following:
CPU: Intel i7 920 (quad core w/ 2 native threads per core)
RAM: 6GB DDR-3
Video: Geforce GTX 260
HDD: 500 GB Western Digital
Monitor: 22inch CMV221D Chimei Widescreen
I ended up installing FreeBSD 7.1, which was just released yesterday, and setting up a window / desktop manager.
The conversation went something like:
FrozenVoid: Okay sir, I just need your signature here and here
Guy: Just a couple of questions, how do I install this game **shows me a box of WORLD OF WARCRAFT**?
FV: To do that, you'll need to buy a new computer, as this computer is not compatible with WOW.
Customers have a choice between Windows and Linux when we install their PC. But get this, the guy chose Windows the first time, but we installed linux anyway, what's the difference right?
At this stage, the guy is getting... rather animated shall we say, about having to spend another $800 for a new installation.
To cut a long story short, the guy ended up ordering a new PC.
But the thing is this, I get to keep the original PC, since we can't return it nor can we keep it in stock. So I just netted myself the following:
CPU: Intel i7 920 (quad core w/ 2 native threads per core)
RAM: 6GB DDR-3
Video: Geforce GTX 260
HDD: 500 GB Western Digital
Monitor: 22inch CMV221D Chimei Widescreen