[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

[Shawn Nock]

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Bexley Hall wrote:
> 
> Take away her IT department ( <grin> ) and give her a live CD.
> Give her a brand-spanking new machine to sit in front of.
> Supposedly, "an hour or so" (I believe that is the quote?)
> later she should be back where she started, right?  <frown>
> 

Point taken, but I'd spin it a bit differently. Some people will have
trouble with a procedure and require assistance no matter how simple it
may be.

The support options are, to my mind, identical for Linux and Windows,
Either marry savvy guy/girl or pay for support from a vendor. RedHat,
Novell (and etc) will give you a number to call that is probably just as
useful as GeekSquad. Some vendors support the hardware and software on
their Linux based machines. GeekSquad and their ilk are incredibly
popular because the 'mainstream' doesn't understand computers no matter
what the OS.

Support options aside, I give my mother even odds with a Ubuntu CD and a
Windows CD (which is to say, not good either way).

Shawn
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