I am an A+ Certified Computer Technician, werd, and when I built my sooper<\/i> (for the time) PC from a collection of suh-weet parts (dualie, DDR ram, 128 Mb UGP video, the works), I put it all together and flipped the switch on the back, and….<\/p>\n
Nothing. Power supply didn’t start up or anything. As you techno-savvy people know, computer cases<\/i> come with no doc whatsoever unless you buy the latest nuclear-plant models, so I kinda thought you flip that on and off switch in the back, wot? Who wouldn’t think that?<\/p>\n
So I ordered another sooper<\/i> case and waited a couple days for it to come. When it did, I inadvertently turned on the switch and hit the reset button<\/i>. Oh, wait, you see, it’s got a power toggle switch on the back and a power button on the front! The back is absolute power, like the plug, and the front button turns the thing on when it’s been shut off<\/i>. Intuitive<\/b>.<\/p>\n
So I take a little umbrage when some TechDirty<\/a> says:<\/p>\n It appears that plenty of office workers are still quite uncomfortable with their computers. A new study has suggested that one in seven office workers doesn’t even know how to turn their computer on. About 20% needed help in saving or printing a document. Companies are spending quite a bit of money employing extra IT staff just to help with these sorts of basic issues. Of course, I do wonder a little about this study. These are all the sorts of tasks that you really only need to be taught once: “You see that button? Good! Now, press it.”<\/b> Also, there’s no indication what job functions these people held, so it’s tough to determine if this really is a big deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n