[QUOTE="IvIajora"]I been fixing/building computers since I was 12, I'm in College now. I can do most anything hardware wise with a machine, and quite a bit software/network issues. But if someone told me to fix the Transmission in my car, I wouldn't know where to begin. Sure, I could probably find it, and most likely open it and look inside, but I'd be lost.
Now my father been fixing cars since he was 12, and if someone said to fix that transmission in that car, he'd ask when did you want it done. But if you asked him to install a Heatsink on a CPU, he'd look at you like you were an alien.
Different people have different skills is what I am getting at here, and to say someone telling someone who wants to build a PC, that they're being hypocritcal when they don't go and change the Head gasket in their car is borderline moronic.
RayvinAzn
I think people missed my point - everyone has some areas where they're lacking. I'm fairly good with both cars and computers (although far from an expert at either), so that's why I compared them (and "fixing" a transmission is definitely going to require some much more serious tools - a hoist at the very least). Not everyone can do everything for themselves though, like devoting the time to learn the basics of computers or car mechanics. Calling people morons for not knowing that their 915 chipset isn't compatible with a Core 2 Duo E6550 processor and trashing major computer builders because they "screw" you out of a few hundred really is moronic. People pay for all sorts of services, and there's no harm done. As in your example, your father would probably think you were crazy if he found out you paid $500 to change your serpentine belt, just as you'd think him weird for paying Geek Squad $100 to tell him he needs a new power supply.
Nobody has time to learn everything, and people should be more understanding of that.
I see where you are coming from, and I digress that my last post was very...upfront, or rather offensive. Although I am no expert, however I did use it as a reference. Growing up with a father as a mechanic, does tend to rub off, as does my computer knowledge falls onto my father. I could without a doubt, change a battery, oil, belts(Tthough sometimes they can be a real *****, but I would never, ever let someone charge that much for a lousy belt. And I would tell someone giving me that quote that they can take their belt and place into somewhere the sun doesn't shine.) But everyone has their limits. But sometimes people *are* stupid, and is why places like the Geek Squad, and some of the crazy prices for Car repairs thrive.
Sometimes people are just lazy...
But thats going way to deep, and going off topic...
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