My birthday was a few days ago, so I bought a few toys and some things I needed for my computer. I bought the new Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard for my 24 inch intel based iMac. Immediately the speed was very notice-able. The bad news, I went to launch Parallels for Mac (version 3) and it crapped out. I had to get version 4.
No big deal. I upgraded on line for $79 bucks at their website. I paid the $79 and installed it. Then it sort of crapped out during the install. I could not get the Windows XP disc to work with this new install.
Their tech support was a bit convoluted and not easy to navigate. So for $29 bucks, you can talk to a live person. So I order that and I get the nine digit code to call in plus a phone number. but their phone number on the Acrobat PDF I got was disconnected.
What the F….. ?
So I go back to the website and finally find a number to call then, I call them and this horrible computer voice guides you through a few mazes of buttons and then tells me they are too busy and disconnects me.
Anyone else have any problems with this firm or any issues in upgrading your iMac? Let us know.
- bartman
I gave the X-Box as a gift to a friend thinking he needed to blow off some steam by blowing things up on a fun ban-bang, shoot-em-up sort of game. The X-Box TV commercials seemed sort of cool. He loved it, until last week. Apparently with some of the Network Gaming features out there, you can play somebody else out there on many games.
His 11 year old son started out on that road and bought a network game. But apparently, lurkers, predators and just plain sexually perverted people out there now have one more way to reach your kids with sexually suggestive names. And many games do not allow you to delete or block some of these offensive gamers out there. You have to CALL Microsoft and report them.
Suffice it to say, my friend has taken the X-box and put it on eBay and has now bought a Wii console instead.
- Bartman
Hi everybody. I just found a great place to post your RANTS about crappy customer service from Comcast or anybody else out there. Go here. http://www.trustlink.org
Step 1.) Register. 2.) Post your rant. This is PART of the Better Business Bureau and the TrustLink service will certainly impact the online reputation of any firm.
So if you’re getting Customer Circus when you should be getting Customer Service…. you now have a new place to vent your rants. Tell a friend about TrustLink, too.
– bartman

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