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I have this friend that sucks with Computers...

KingMooKingMoo Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I have this friend that sucks with computers and he wants to buy one before he moves to a very remote location. He will no longer have me to fix his PC problems so I recommended getting a Dell so that he can fix a lot of the PC's problem online.

Do other PC's, like Gateway, have similar services available now or is Dell still the only way to go for noobs?

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    JohannenJohannen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Tell him to by a mac.

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    KingMooKingMoo Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Johannen wrote: »
    Tell him to by a mac.

    but he's a friend ;)

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    lunchbox12682lunchbox12682 MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    KingMoo wrote: »
    Johannen wrote: »
    Tell him to by a mac.

    but he's a friend ;)

    as opposed to a Dell?!?!

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    KingMooKingMoo Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    lunchbox12682 wrote: »
    KingMoo wrote: »
    Johannen wrote: »
    Tell him to by a mac.

    but he's a friend ;)

    as opposed to a Dell?!?!

    you got me there :P

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    My computer problems usualy can't be solved on-line mostly because thats usualy the problem =/

    I'd only suggest a Dell if he really has no computer knowledge and NO inclination to want to learn.

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    RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Does the place he's moving to have Highspeed Internet (1Mb Down/256Kbps Up, minimum)? If you want, you can just install something like Ultra VNC and remotedly help him with computer problems. MSN Messenger probably still has an "Ask For Help" tool that lets you use RDP.

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    KyzenKyzen Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Most computers now come with Windows Vista, which includes Windows Meeting Spaces, which allows you guys to do an online meeting, where he can grant you control of his PC. I use this to fix my families and friends machines. Works pretty well, but they'll need to be there to click "ok" on any of the UAC popups (or turn them off before hand).

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