How Old is Your Computer?

[Grayfox]

How very elitist and narrow-minded!

What do you mean "boot into the OS" anyway? Switching a PC on will normally boot into into whatever OS is installed. A variant on Windows for something like 86% of the world's PC's (and by PC, I mean "home computer" so included Macs of all varieties in there)

I think this was when u needed to use a CLI to boot an O/S and select what to load.

Like "Selective Start Up" back on 9x.

 

[bergauk]

How very elitist and narrow-minded!

What do you mean "boot into the OS" anyway? Switching a PC on will normally boot into into whatever OS is installed. A variant on Windows for something like 86% of the world's PC's (and by PC, I mean "home computer" so included Macs of all varieties in there)

It's totally true though.. If people still had to use command lines to do stuff with computers. I'd be out of a job.

 

[12thgear]

It's totally true though.. If people still had to use command lines to do stuff with computers. I'd be out of a job.

Sure, a lot of people could stand to learn a little more of the basics, but ultimately the onus is on hardware and software vendors to make their products easier for non-technical users, which is basically everyone.

 

[Skython]

My computer age is changing. No 7 year old PC anymore, now it's only two years old!

 

[Casio]

How very elitist and narrow-minded!

What do you mean "boot into the OS" anyway? Switching a PC on will normally boot into into whatever OS is installed. A variant on Windows for something like 86% of the world's PC's (and by PC, I mean "home computer" so included Macs of all varieties in there)

As stated before, that wasn't always the case. It was a lot harder to edit system files when you couldn't stumble across and just open them in notepad.

What happens these days it's is so easy for 'non-computer people' to ruin there computer by downloading X file from X place because X person on X site said it would fix X issue, when in fact it makes it worse.

15 years ago someone who didn't know how to use a computer came to a Tech and the Tech showed them how to open up Microsoft Word or type 'WIN' to get back to Windows, these days the tech spends 5 hours trying to fix there registry which is rooted cause of some random downloaded program.

That said some of these things are also done by company IT Departments so it's not just luddites.

</end techi rant>

 

[ScouserInExile]

It's totally true though.. If people still had to use command lines to do stuff with computers. I'd be out of a job.

If we still relied on keyboard-driven OS'sss''ssseses, I'd be out of a job because no nurse would be able to operate an IT system. Which is why simple to use computers are a god-send.

As stated before, that wasn't always the case. It was a lot harder to edit system files when you couldn't stumble across and just open them in notepad.

Not so sure about that. I'd say it's harder now than with somethng like MS-DOS. Except for all those "experts" out there who think they know what they're doing, but don't.

What happens these days it's is so easy for 'non-computer people' to ruin there computer by downloading X file from X place because X person on X site said it would fix X issue, when in fact it makes it worse.

There is that...

15 years ago someone who didn't know how to use a computer came to a Tech and the Tech showed them how to open up Microsoft Word or type 'WIN' to get back to Windows, these days the tech spends 5 hours trying to fix there registry which is rooted cause of some random downloaded program.

That said some of these things are also done by company IT Departments so it's not just luddites.

</end techi rant>

I was going to say the Word hasn't been around for 15 years, then I thought about it and realised I'm old.

Old enough, in fact, that I looked at Widows and thought "that will never catch on"