[geeks] Am I getting too old or something.....

[Jennifer Sharp]

>> Jenn, my wife is like most of the users I support.  She doesn't care
>> what's in the box, what runs on the box, what chip is in the box.  It's
>> an appliance, it's supposed to run fast, do it's job and stay the hell
>> out of her way.  So, I keep her PeeCee upgraded and maintained, with her
>> particular set of app's loaded and leave her alone. If she's happy with
>> it, then we're both happy.  She can go off and work in her "pointy
>> clicky world" (I've got to remember that) and I can go off and take
>> something apart or  reinstall something.
>
>Maria is the same way.  She's got her desktop and laptop
>both running Windows 98SE.  They do exactly what she needs
>them to do (Word, Excel, $company VPN, browser, and for the
>desktop, printing and faxing to an HP LaserJet 3100se).
>There's really no need for her to switch to something else
>just because I don't like Microsoft.  Besides, the VPN
>software she uses (which is different from the one I
>have to use) is Windows-only, as is the fax/copy functions
>of the 3100se.
>
>Like you, I make sure her systems are working, download any
>updates that are needed, and make sure her virus software
>is updated (fortunately this is done automatically every
>night).  She knows how to operate them, and if she has a
>problem she can't fix she calls me.
>
>This reminds me I have to migrate her from the old laptop
>(Compaq Presario 1800XL180 - PIII600, 15" XGA) to the new
>laptop I just finished building (it's more-or-less a Dell
>Inspiron 8000 - PIII850, 15" SXGA+).  That's something
>she wants me to do.  She doesn't want to try to get
>everything moved over herself when I can do it faster
>and easier.


Smart women. Leaving the stuff they don't understand to the people who do.
Hell, I'd call that smart people not getting into shit that they have no
business messing with.

--Jenn
Waiting for the last train to Clarksville and the end of the world as we
know it and feeling fine.