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What are your Mac's specs?
hm_murdock:
Well, remember, there's quite a few people that are simply afraid of computers. Afraid to the point that they, for some reason, cannot follow simple directions displayed on the screen. I've seen this so many times.
I got my grandparents a Power Mac G3 All In One. They were both sitting there with it, exploring for the first time, after learning how to use the mouse (they thought it was a dial that you rotated). They were afraid to DO ANYTHING. Even after being told numerous times that it WILL NOT LET YOU BREAK ANYTHING.
Then, they did something and a simple dialog box came up welcoming them to some program. It had an image of a friendly character that was smiling, and a large "WELCOME!" graphic. Grandma nearly jumped out of her seat and exclaimed "WHAT DID I DO?!"
"You ran the program, grandma."
"But it says I did something!"
"No, it says 'Welcome!' Read what it says before you get worried about a message!"
It said:
"Welcome to Piece Of Software. Since this is the first time you've run Piece Of Software, you need to personalize it. Please tell us your name! Just type your name in the text box below!"
And the designers were geniuses. The text box was a custom button that said "Click here to type your name". The button was fashioned to look like a text box. You click the button, and its replaced by a text box. You type your name and then click "Next"
They sat there looking at it for about a minute, then my grandma said "what if I break it?"
:-o
Yeah. Older people are afraid of things, because they constantly worry that they're going to "break it". I'm not sure why.
Paladin9:
quote:Originally posted by The Stiller:
i think he was afraid that the data would deteriorate slowly if he left it off. and he also left the monitor on for some reason.
old people can be funny
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Actually, I heard that if a hard drive does not run for a long time (like several year) the data will actually get messed up. But, you could turn a compuer off for many months and should not have any problems.
As for jimmyjames post: This reminds me of a VERY important rule people need to keep in mind when creating a program; MAKE IT IDIOT PROOF!!!! That way no one will get confused as to how to use the fucking program. Jimmyjames said that it was genius or something that the program said "click here to type your name" and he is right! Programs do need to be made like that so old gammy can write her emails or do whatever old people do on computers.
Pinkster:
HEHEH.. i see some people have about FIFTY Mac computers, thats cool and all but, its not quantity that counts.. itd QUALITY.. in which i win suckers!!!! HEHE.... but seriously though, i wish i had more macs, i have a DCM mhz iBook Geforce Ti card (XXXIImb) DXII mb ram, XL gb hdd,,, but my fiance uses it. so... it isnt mine no more ehe..so, i have II macs , a few more to go.. i.e GV,, wooot.. goota get a blimey Dual II.VIII ghz VIII gb ram All-in-wonder CCLVI mb video card II TB hardrves.. that would soooo rule.. not to mention double my GIV... i can dream, cant i...
skyman8081:
quote:Originally posted by Pinkster:
HEHEH.. i see some people have about FIFTY Mac computers, thats cool and all but, its not quantity that counts.. itd QUALITY.. in which i win suckers!!!! HEHE.... but seriously though, i wish i had more macs, i have a 1400 mhz iBook Geforce Ti card (32mb) 512 mb ram, 40 gb hdd,,, but my fiance uses it. so... it isnt mine no more ehe..so, i have 2 macs , a few more to go.. i.e G5,, wooot.. goota get a blimey Dual 2.8 ghz 8 gb ram All-in-wonder 256 mb video card 2 TB hardrves.. that would soooo rule.. not to mention double my G4... i can dream, cant i...
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Stilly:
hooray or sauron!
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