We saw a great commercial on TV last night. One of those "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials. You've seen them right? Where a hip looking young guy is talking with a nerdy, chubby older guy, discussing why a Mac is so much better than a PC. So the one last night went something like this:
"We have a new operating system, Windows 7. It will have none of the problems of Windows Vista. I promise."
The Mac guy says, "I've heard that before."
It then goes into a series of clips where the PC tells the Mac the same thing with every operating system they've had.
" Vista will have none of the problems Windows XP had"
"Windows XP will have none of the problems Windows 2003 had"
And so on. Well, after our computer crashed, we bought a new Dell (much to our chagrin). Its been one month and we've had the blue screen of death about a dozen times shutting down our computer. The sound doesn't work, the internet is slow, videos won't play well, the movie editing software isn't working, and the list goes on.
So I called in and almost had to laugh that the technical support guy said "Your computer is eligible for an upgrade to Windows 7. It will take care of all the problems you are experiencing because of Windows Vista." Did I just step into a commercial?
If you have Windows Vista, go to www.win7.dell.com to see if your computer is "eligible" for the free update and maybe all your troubles will melt away too.
Or, you could go buy a Mac. Apparently they are problem free. But for now, I'm a PC.
3 comments:
We had blue screen of death on our new Dell too. Soooo bothersome. Because it was BRAND SPANKING NEW!! After eight hours with tech support with a guy in india with a thick thick accent (his name was ADAM too. Hmmm really??? Adam???) Chris insisted strongly that they send us a new computer. Which they did. And no problems. Unfortunately our cell phone bill though was $250 since it was daytime and we went WAY over our minutes. Crazy. Now we're ready for a new computer. (That whole Dell incident was ab out5 years ago) Chris wants a Mac.
Yucky Computer Problems!!! I'm glad you are doing something about it and expecting the best! But doesn't it stink that the companies EXPECT us to stay on the phone for 8 hours to get what we deserve...SAME thing with insurance companies...Hey, maybe PC is to Allstate as Mac is to Progressive.
Nate loves those mac commercials. we are huge mac fans over here. no problems with any of our mac computers or laptops.
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