Re: So I helped my neighbor setup his iMac.

On 2008-07-31 07:34:49 +0100, MuahMan <muahman@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Man, poor guy got completely fucked at the Apple store. They sold him
the overclocked model, and he said he had some pretty high pressure
sale to get a 3 year Apple Service plan and that stupid Mobile Me
crap.

He wanted 4 GB, so he got ripped off an additional $200.00 for the
extra 2 gig of ram, which they didn't even install for him. So
essentially he paid 200.00 for 2GB of RAM. LOL Poor guy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231135

It's only 75.00 for 4GB of higher speed ram.

I didn't have the heart to tell how bad he got ripped off. Now he has
2x1GB of ram that are worthless.


Anyway so I unwrap it and go install the memory for him. In order to
do that you have flip the thing on the face of the monitor!!! Yes, you
heard that right. Then you have to unscrew the worlds smallest most
frustrating screw ever. Then... get this. To get the old memory out
you have to tug on some paper tabs to get the memory out. What fun it
was to try and get a grip on that.

Then after the memory was installed I unwrapped it and set it up on
his desk. I couldn't even run the cords under the desk because the
cheap bastards at Apple give you..... an 11" usb cable for the mouse
and keyboard. 11 fucking inches. Basically the keyboard can't move
more than a few inches from the monitory. Cheap bastards. I'm sure the
Mactards love it and will say it's 10'.

How can anyone justify buying these turds of a machine????!??

This is not actually completely true, you know. I have just (one week ago) upgraded the memory on a new iMac and so I can attest to the method. The screws on the memory door are small Philips, and I simply reached for my second-biggest screwdriver to undo them. Once the memory access door is off there are two plastic levers - not paper tabs - and you simply hook your thumbs behind them, pull gently and out pops the memory card. Then you push in the new card, push the levers back and in it goes. The whole job - including finding a towel to lay the iMac down on so as to avoid scratching the front - took me a little over 5 minutes. Jolly easy.

Your friend was undoubtedly A Silly Billy to buy memory from Apple, just as you will pay over the odds if you buy memory as part of the deal with any computer. I use Crucial and they cost a fraction of Apple's silly costs. I'm not sure what you meant by "the overclocked model", so can't really comment on that. And I am not sad enough to get out a ruler to measure my keyboard cable - really, the very idea!

You do seem rather excited about all this. I never imagined that people who don't want to use Apple products get so het up about them. You don't like them? Then don't use them. While you're at it, next time you are at a stop light in your Pinto and a BMW rolls up next to you, my advice would be to resist the temptation to call the driver a loser for choosing quality and driving experience over utility and price. Even if they don't punch your lights out they probably won't stop laughing until they reach the next state.

Now do calm down, there's a good fellow.


Ian.

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