- Oct 24, 2000
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My colleague bought his kids brand-new laptops on BF. They run Win8 of course. He brought them home only to discover some sort of "incompatibility" with his home Verizon FIOS router. It can't connect to the router. All other devices in the house running Win7/XP/iOS, etc. have zero problems. (Googling the error yields quite a few similar error discussion threads with Win8.) MS must be really smart to put an OS out there that doesn't play nice with Verizon routers. Are they trying to kick more business to Verizon? Or just router manufacturers? Or both? I am sure we will get to the bottom of an easy solution but most people don't have the patience to work through such a problem with a BRAND NEW laptop.
Anyway, he brought one of the new laptops to work yesterday to see if I could help troubleshoot. After barely 10 minutes with it, I was so frustrated with it that I was about ready to slit my wrists, stab out my eyes, jump off a bridge, and hang myself while swallowing poison pills.
What is MS thinking? It's a dumbed-down OS designed for children! Now the laptop I was using does not have a touchscreen but still. The four corners BS is just BS!!! All kidding aside, my jaw was on the floor as I was tearing my hair out at the idiocy of it all.
Anyway, he brought one of the new laptops to work yesterday to see if I could help troubleshoot. After barely 10 minutes with it, I was so frustrated with it that I was about ready to slit my wrists, stab out my eyes, jump off a bridge, and hang myself while swallowing poison pills.
What is MS thinking? It's a dumbed-down OS designed for children! Now the laptop I was using does not have a touchscreen but still. The four corners BS is just BS!!! All kidding aside, my jaw was on the floor as I was tearing my hair out at the idiocy of it all.
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