Computer Tolerance (Re: [rescue] Just a thought ...)

[Matthew Haas]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Daniel Johannsson wrote:
>
> > i just tell them i've been doing this since before they knew how to spell
> > computer so maybe they should go away. :)
> >
> I've found that telling them the original selling price of the box often helps
> too.  When you tell them that many people had no second thoughts about paying
> $20k for that workstation they tend to start thinking that it must have been
> a worthwhile machine, atleast at some point back in the day.
>

Unfortunately in my experience, once these people know the CPU clock speed
(that's all they can perceive), they think it is a waste of money to spend
$20k for a system that "Can't play Counterstrike", when their 'custom
built' P4 POS only cost them $700, etc.

-Matthew