Spa Tek

Back into the Ether

It's been a hard week. My computers decided to take a holiday. The main machine, the one that contains everything and for which I don't have a full back-up available, was running through treacle. Taken to the doctors the incompetence of the last computer technician was revealed. Some time agao I'd asked for a second hard disk to be fitted, and the memory to be upgraded.

The crooks had placed a new hard drive on top of the existing drive - making both drives work at over 50 degrees centigrade - which is a wonder as the designed operating temperature is much lower than that. It is some wonder that the machine worked at all, as says something for the credibility of the disk manufacturers.

The memory stick fitted proved to be secondhand, first made in 1996, and it did not work. Usable memory, supposed to be 250Mb was under 1000Kb - again a small wonder.

The original computer company, Alcor, has gone bust. Based in Peterborough they had another shop in Felixstowe. If you see them around I'd like to know, because they need to be told - and sued.

All this has me wondering why we tolerate such bad service, particularly from compter suppliers, who sell us kit that comes without understandable guides, and often without any real guarantee.

posted by Suffolk Notes @ 12:10 pm