Le 2013-09-11 13:14, Patrick Elliott a écrit :
> On 9/10/2013 8:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>> You can argue all you want about my not having "solutions". The issue
>>> here is just how bloody stupid the one things they added, and never
>>> removed, 3-4 OS versions ago, actually is.
>>
>> You really overestimate the abilities of the average PC user.  Most users
>> don't want to be bothered with whitelisting or other stuff like that -
>> they just want to use the damn thing.  Most users don't have the need you
>> apparently do to do "approved unorthodox diagnostic work".  They just
>> reboot and get back to their Word doc.
>>
>> Jim
>>
> True enough.. and, this is a perfect example imo of why, after the Apple
> II line, the whole thing went to shit - you no longer had to know how
> any of it worked, or, even on a hardware level, could find out (where
> Apple gave you a built in language, which you could boot to even without
> an OS, and a complete circuit diagram). The whole, "It will work if I
> reboot." thing is just.. gah! But, yeah, most people won't even try to
> comprehend the basics, and treat a PC likes is a big cell phone (and
> have done so since before cell phones).

Most users use their PC they would any other office equipment, and 
expect them to be as easy to use and as reliable as a stapler.

Expecting them to be able to understand how everything works in their PC 
is akin to asking the average driver to be able to tweak the valve 
timing on their car.

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