In the name of educating fellow posters, and for entertainment purposes, I have started this thread.
This thread is a thread [duh], where you can post your wierd/shocking/funny computer shop experiences.
To start off, I have one
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The other day, I was talking to the guy who replaced me at my old job.
We were talking about computers, and he went on to tell me that he is getting his new AMD chip that costs R7000.
One thing you have to realise when you talk to this guy, is that you should ALWAYS take what he says lightly.
So I said "Ok..".
Then he tells me that its an FX. So I asked him which one. And All I got from him was "Its an FX".
Then I gave him a one on one lesson on AMD FX chips, and how they are numbered.
He didn't know the number...
Then I went on to explain that AMD is a waste of money. And that his 5000+ X2 is just 7 seconds faster in superpi than my old P4 3 gig SINGLE core. And that my Core 2, which is 200 MHz slower, is 14 seconds faster than his. Which led to the conclusion that AMD is just a waste of money.
After that, the conversation faded. But the one that started after that literally left me speechless..
The guy then went on to tell me that he wants to get 64bit XP.
My response was like "Thats cool".
Then he told me that he might take my advice and move to vista [at last].
But he was looking for the 64 bit version.
I took matters into my own hands, and explained the reasons why he should stick with 32 bit for now.
Then he told me the reason why he wanted to go 64bit.
According to him, His board and his RAM supports Dual channel.
And he told me, that the only way he would get it to work, is if he installed a 64 bit OS, it would enable his dual channel to work. And when this happened, IT WOULD CHANGE HIS 2 GIGS of ram, TO 4 GIGS!!!!!
What happened next, was mixed emotions. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! It was flipping hilarious!
After that I did some educating, and explained what exactly dual channel ram is, what it does, and what you need to do it.
If anyone can beat this... Go ahead!
Edit: If its in the wrong section, feel free to move it. Wasn't quite sure where to put it