Posts by Bowrolio

Intel throws Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt and USB support

I believe you can connect USB devices to thunderbolt connectors with an adaptor - effectively eliminating the need for USB ports of anything for thunderbolt.

UK tech retailers are rubbish

Before I get beaten too it...

One thing I didn't emphasise in my last post, (or more rant haha!) I really can't stand when shop assistants blatently lie - not much experience of this myself (I usually just get "i'm sorry, I really don't know, but I can try and find out for you) - in which case I should have just got off my arse and found out for myself prior.

End of rant :)

Why ask for advice then?

Just an idea - if the advice of people who work in these shops is so poor, why even bother asking them for any help?

Ok, true you have to get some help from them to actually buy big items such as a computer - there not just lying around to pick up and walk away with, but I know from personal experience (I used to work in PC world before coming to university to study a computing degree) that, certinly in the store I worked in, the "sales" people knew at least a little about what they were selling, but the targets set by management were impossibly difficult to achieve - so everyone had to push hard to get the sales.

At the end of the day, retailers arn't there to provide an advice service (as many of the customers seemed to think) retailers are there to make as much profit as possible, with the customer facing staff, the people everyone slags off all the time being stuck in the middle. There just trying to stay in a job, on a low wage (usually minimum) - and in sales under a hell of a lot of pressure from both management and customers demanding impossible discounts and not even listening to their pitch. Remember, its the fat cats earning the millions at the top of the company putting out the adverts about all these amazing deals - conviniently forgetting to mention the limited stock available, or the additional addons (such as internet security, or the fact that if you want to type a letter, you need Office, or to download OpenOffice - something novice users wouldnt even know where to begin).

Point - if you're the sort of person who needs advice, most people have a knowlegable friend/relative who can help, or you can find out the information for yourself. If your really desperate, i'm sure there are still some people in shops who are genuinly helpful, but remember what they are there for - to make money, not to provide a free help and advice service!

Google hires goat army for lawn maintenance

Pay to eat?

So let me get this straight, a heard of goats get to have a lovely, nutritious meal (well, 4 meals, for each stomach) of weeds, grass and such like, on googles beautiful fields, then at the end of the 4 courses, Google has to pay them for the privilege?

When will other restaurants take a leaf out of Googles book?