why the hell do parents ask your advice on computer stuff and then ignore it?!?!?

[apatia77]

Surely it's all about the spec, the rest is looks/cosmetics.

I would say Sony laptops are decent.

 

[Andy90]

Just out of curiosity, which Sony Laptop did they buy?

 

[Malevolence]

Yes. My Mother is completely useless when it comes to computers. Even after owning and 'using' a laptop for a couple of years she phoned me up a while back to say she couldn't access her email account. So, I go around to see what the problem is and she shows me - she'd only being typing my 'at' instead of using the '@' symbol.

 

[sports_brah]

so parents ask is some sony laptop is a good buy. i say no not really, they sod off and buy the stupid thing anyway!!!

not that i should care as they have been expressly told if i didnt pick it then im not supporting it.

You are the *** your mum wished she had swallowed.

What an ungrateful little ****.




edit: Did you give them other alternatives? Did you suggest reasons why it wasn't a good buy? Were the reasons compelling? Did you listen as to why they opted for that one in the end?

 

[bledd]

Sony laptops are horrible. Poorly put together, a real pain in the butt to take apart. Crazy 3rd party software needed for brightness and volume keys to work.

The only great Sony laptop I've used was the awesome x505.that was a work of art

 

[Puzzled]

Sony laptops are so bad that even Sony doesn't want them any more

They're fine really, just a tad expensive for what you get

 

[Steampunk]

so parents ask is some sony laptop is a good buy. i say no not really, they sod off and buy the stupid thing anyway!!!

not that i should care as they have been expressly told if i didnt pick it then im not supporting it.

The didn't want or value your opinion, they just wanted you to validate theirs.

 

[Energize]

You are the *** your mum wished she had swallowed.

What an ungrateful little ****.




edit: Did you give them other alternatives? Did you suggest reasons why it wasn't a good buy? Were the reasons compelling? Did you listen as to why they opted for that one in the end?

Are you his Dad? Lol.

And try using a dictionary, "ungrateful" wtf.

 

[Efour]

I'm very grateful for this supposed 5 star thread

 

[Cosimo]

I'm very grateful for this supposed 5 star thread

I'm grateful for post #2.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

The number 1, golden, primary, utmost be-all-and-end-all rule is:

People will only follow your advice if your opinion coincides with theirs. And if it doesn't, they will often continue to ask people until they find someone where it does.

And when they follow the advice they wanted to hear and it all goes to rat poo, they'll be back to moan at you for not talking them out of it...

 

[RichDuffy]

We all go through this, I'm sure. Like when my dad bought his laptop. I didn't much care what brand he got, because I know he won't make full use of it anyway. But I told him explicitly that if he goes into that well-known shop, he should take his time to choose a mouse that is appropriately sized for his hand, and comfortable to hold/use. I told him he could walk along the aisle and feel them all on display, and under no circumstances should he just let a salesperson just grab one off a rail/shelf and hand it to him.................

Guess what he did?

 

[Colbaker]

OP if they asked you "could I get a similar or better spec than this Sony Vaio?" Then you would correct in advising against it, Sony laptops are great, I replaced my main tower unit for a high spec sony vaio laptop, true it was expensive but I throw a lot at it and it never struggles, rock solid, my old sony laptop is still going strong unlike most of my other make older laptops.

 

[mattyprice4004]

As a laptop repair guy of many years, Sony laptops are generally poorly built, use a lot of proprietary hardware (or did, anyway) and are generally a pain to repair.

 

[hughtrimble]

so parents ask is some sony laptop is a good buy. i say no not really, they sod off and buy the stupid thing anyway!!!

not that i should care as they have been expressly told if i didnt pick it then im not supporting it.

Is this really the first time they've ignored your advice?

I'd get used to it if so; it's a behaviour that is unlikely to change.

How did you try and convince them that it wasn't a good buy? A load of computer mumbo jumbo may very well have been binary to them.

 

[boxman2000]

The number 1, golden, primary, utmost be-all-and-end-all rule is:

People will only follow your advice if your opinion coincides with theirs. And if it doesn't, they will often continue to ask people until they find someone where it does.

Does my head in people like that - fortunately my parents and in-laws rely entirely on my advice, something that does come at a cost as every time I'm around their house I'm always asked to show them something on the computer "it'll only take a minute!!!"

 

[neil_g]

wouldnt touch a sony machine with someone elses bargepole.

they seem to be made up of very cheap components and every one ive seen in the flesh has had issues with various memory, hard drive, screen failures.

 

[HAz]

Better than an acer or Hp crap

 

[HAz]

As a laptop repair guy of many years, Sony laptops are generally poorly built, use a lot of proprietary hardware (or did, anyway) and are generally a pain to repair.

No they aint, really easy to get to the boards normally just about 10 screws and the whole bottom section comes away.

 

[Gilly]

I'd take either Acer or HP over Sony, but fortunately I get Fujitsu kit which is simply superb.

My parents aren't too bad, as my Mum works in IT as an SDM so my Dad has learned to listen to us. In fact, the deal he found online for his new laptop was superb. Could hardly be beaten for price at even the online outlets! It was his IT department that screwed that up.

No, it's the in-laws that are the nightmare for me. TalkTalk came to my house while I wasn't there and our lass let them in (WTF?) whilst we had Sky ADSL, so I come home to two of them giving the hard sell on their product. I stop them mid-flow, tell them I work in IT support and ask them:

• Will their uptime be better than that of Sky, who have been online for the 2 years I've been with them except for one planned 30 minute outage?
• Will they guarantee they won't throttle my connection, it will sync and maintain at over 8Mb, which is what I'm connected at with Sky?
• Will they be cheaper than Sky, given that we get free anytime calls and broadband cost next to nothing as it was tied in with the Sky World TV package?

Their answers to those questions were all no, so I kicked them out. I immediately phoned the in-laws who live up the road and told them that if they had a knock on the door they should say no thank you, not even let them in, and I will find them a new provider if they want one.

A week later they call me. "We signed up with TalkTalk and they're rubbish, we can't get a proper connection and their customer service is rubbish". Yes, I know this, this are the main reasons I told you not to go there. "You can still cancel it, do that now and I'll get you a new provider".

2 days later they ask our lass if I can go have a look. They didn't cancel. They're now in their contract. 3 years later they're still with them and still complaining