Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No crap on this statement. This is 100% true. My uncle keeps calling me because he can't log onto his ISP. (True conversation)

"Type in the password then press enter."

"Ah these damn computers are so darn difficult I should just buy one of them there Dell things."

"Bob you don't need a new computer, your computer is fine. You just need to understand that when you type in your PASSWORD, that it is case sensative."

So whats he do? Yup, he goes out and buys a Del. I get this phone call at least once a week now.

"How do you log onto AOL?"

I just tell him to call Dell now.

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

in defence of parents, my dad is 60 and knows how to use one.

on the other hand, he started in telecommunications when they where using telex machines.

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

My grandfather is fairly computer savvy. It all depends on the person. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Most older people (60+) are not very good with computers because they are a completely foreign concept to them. Not having worked with them in your youth and such provides no reference point to fall back upon, and thus generally causes confusion. There are of course exceptions, but it is a general trend.

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Really? I thought it was because of Steven - of course we are talking pre-pot using Steven here.

"Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!"

[ February 03, 2004, 05:19: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

My grandmother bought her first computer at 78, and now at 81 is doing quite fine...

...on the other hand, my grandfather won't go near it!

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, because the average user is not knowledgeable about computers... they get confused by all those numbers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Notice how Dell commercials rarely have any specs on the computers they are advertising?

Pre-pot Steven? What are you talking about?

[ February 03, 2004, 05:29: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

One of my co-workers is 78 years old and he's pretty good with computers...

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The kid who played Steven, well he was caught with some pot and since then we haven't seen any more Dell commercials with him... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[ February 03, 2004, 05:48: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

I did say there were exceptions people! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Go to a senior citizens trailer park and try to get them to use computers, and see how many of them are able to do so. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The kid who played Steven, well he was caught with some pot and since then we haven't seen any more Dell commercials with him... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">He was probably high for all of those commercials anyways.

[ February 03, 2004, 05:53: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
 

And let's be fair - I'd say some of our best posters here would qualify for senior discounts at many stores. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif