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[mudski]

I'm over getting customers back (building PC's is kind of a second job for me), with a completely bloated systems, just riddled with crap installed by them simply clicking random useless .

Yeah I used to do the same a few years back. Had a good customer base, mostly elderly toward the end.
But got sick of getting 30 calls a day and trying to explain to them where the power button was.
Then there was the gaming pc builds for say a customers teenage son. You'd get a call saying the pc wont turn on anymore and you'd find three inches of dust in the thing, so it was overheating. Or it was plagued with viruses because of the porn sites they'd been in. Funniest is asking them about those sites and they deny the lot.

[rusty_nail]

yeah i used to do the same a few years back. Had a good customer base, mostly elderly toward the end.
But got sick of getting 30 calls a day and trying to explain to them where the power button was.
Then there was the gaming pc builds for say a customers teenage son. You'd get a call saying the pc wont turn on anymore and you'd find three inches of dust in the thing, so it was overheating. Or it was plagued with viruses because of the porn sites they'd been in. Funniest is asking them about those sites and they deny the lot.

AND I QUOTE "i swear i never went on those! They just appeared!!! Sometimes i think the computer has a mind of its own!!!"

[NissanGQ4.2]

I love porn sites, I don't care what viruses I download I have no money for anyone 2 steal and they can steal my ID if they really feel the need 2 be me

[katwoman]

Probably a general question with LOTS of different answers, but I need to buy a new lappy. Old one has finally carked it.. Best brand, value for money etc ? Or maybe what NOT to buy.. I do alot of downloading, and lots of pic storage. Not interested in a tablet or note book. The touch screen/convertible ones any good ? Wireless/wifi/bluetooth I guess would be standard these days. Last one was an ACER, did good job, lasted about 5 years.

[Maxhead]

Probably a general question with LOTS of different answers, but I need to buy a new lappy. Old one has finally carked it.. Best brand, value for money etc ? Or maybe what NOT to buy.. I do alot of downloading, and lots of pic storage. Not interested in a tablet or note book. The touch screen/convertible ones any good ? Wireless/wifi/bluetooth I guess would be standard these days. Last one was an ACER, did good job, lasted about 5 years.

I like my Toshiba's but thats just me. There is a million and one different lappys out there .lol

Grab something with a lot of storage or get a small plug in hdd to keep all those ..wink wink "videos" lol

.....on the move

[taslucas]

Why do I have a McAfee mobile security reminder popping up on my mobile and how do I get rid if it?
I've had the phone for about a year and never had the McAfee app installed (although I think it may have been there all along) but a couple of months ago the little icon started popping up in my notifications bar..... It tells me to register so it can begin protecting my phone.
Doesn't look fake.

[rusty_nail]

Why do I have a McAfee mobile security reminder popping up on my mobile and how do I get rid if it?
I've had the phone for about a year and never had the McAfee app installed (although I think it may have been there all along) but a couple of months ago the little icon started popping up in my notifications bar..... It tells me to register so it can begin protecting my phone.
Doesn't look fake.

delete it from your apps section of your phone... der

[Winnie]

Yeah can you find it in apps?

[rusty_nail]

Probably a general question with LOTS of different answers, but I need to buy a new lappy. Old one has finally carked it.. Best brand, value for money etc ? Or maybe what NOT to buy.. I do alot of downloading, and lots of pic storage. Not interested in a tablet or note book. The touch screen/convertible ones any good ? Wireless/wifi/bluetooth I guess would be standard these days. Last one was an ACER, did good job, lasted about 5 years.

hey kat i missed this. so build quality, i think asus make the best laptops on the market, although they are more upmarket and therefore more expensive. a more mid range computer that i think would suit someone like yourself would be the Toshiba Z30.

also, did you know that Amazon US do international shipping now? i havent been able to find a cheaper place to buy even after shipping but if you want to buy local JBHiFi are usually cheaper than most. DONT go to Harvey Norman, they are a rip off.

Like Kris said, dont go looking for a particular model, go looking for a list of specs and make sure that the computer meets these specs:

Minimum Requirements:

1TB HDD
8GB Ram
Intel i5 Processor or AMD equivalent.

anything with those 3 specs will be a fairly decent computer and should last you around the next 4-5 years

[taslucas]

delete it from your apps section of your phone... der

Its like it's not an app.....

Edit: sorry, it is an app but it will come back onto my phone after its gone. Like it gets installed as some kind of update package or something