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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Awesome. Good to hear about that happening. Too bad the version is so old.

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      • StrongBadS
        StrongBad
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        I am only on day two but really loving it.

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        • MattKingM
          MattKing
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          Congrats, I'm sure it makes the day 100x easier!

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          • Reid CooperR
            Reid Cooper
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            Cool, not many people manage to get a Linux desktop at the office.

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            • JoyJ
              Joy
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              Congrats!! We don't have Linux here at work 😞

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                A Linux desktop, the dream.

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                • Reid CooperR
                  Reid Cooper
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                  No kidding. Totally jelly here. Well, not so jealous of RHEL 5, but conceptually jealous.

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                  • StrongBadS
                    StrongBad
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                    Finished my third day with it and I have to say that it has really made life a lot easier. Simple tasks that were a huge pain before are now simple, like they should be.

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                    • IRJI
                      IRJ
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                      geeksquadgusphotou11.jpg

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        I've pushed for Linux workstations for years. So much more practical for people working primarily in the UNIX space.

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                        • MattKingM
                          MattKing @IRJ
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                          @IRJ said:

                          geeksquadgusphotou11.jpg

                          I thought you were kidding... This guy is real.

                          http://techcrunch.com/2007/09/13/geek-squad-city-tour/

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                          • IRJI
                            IRJ @MattKing
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                            @MattKing said:

                            @IRJ said:

                            geeksquadgusphotou11.jpg

                            I thought you were kidding... This guy is real.

                            http://techcrunch.com/2007/09/13/geek-squad-city-tour/

                            That is ridiculous. No IT Pros take them seriously, but I guess they don't know that.

                            I worked for the Geek Squad in Orlando (The one next to the Florida Mall). It was my first IT job and the pay was decent, but everyone that worked there was completely clueless. My managers were complete aholes. They had no problem ripping people off and thought they were something because they managed the Geek Squad. My manager pulled me aside and gave me a lecture because I recommended that an old lady buy a new computer rather than charge her $300 to repair her WINDOWS ME PC. I walked out of his office and said I dont need this crap. The next week, I got a job at Lockheed Martin making almost double. We did get a really good on hardware so I bought like $500 worth of gear the day before I quit

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                            • IRJI
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                              They bragged daily how the Florida Mall Geek Squad did more repairs than any other Geek Squad. Yeah.... "we love to rip tourist off " should have been their slogan

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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                thanksajdotcom @IRJ
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                                @IRJ said:

                                They bragged daily how the Florida Mall Geek Squad did more repairs than any other Geek Squad. Yeah.... "we love to rip tourist off " should have been their slogan

                                I stole so many customers from Geek Squad when I was at Staples. They were half a mile from us. Across the bridge and other side of the road. The bridge was just over a highway, so not long. See attached picture.
                                staples2geeksquad.PNG

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                                • MattKingM
                                  MattKing @IRJ
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                                  @IRJ I did a very, very short stint at a Radio Shack part time. It was very similar, and I left after they were able to rotate more people in. I got a kick out of being able to see their back-end systems and ERP though. Retail markups are ridiculous.

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                                  • thanksajdotcomT
                                    thanksajdotcom @MattKing
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                                    @MattKing said:

                                    @IRJ I did a very, very short stint at a Radio Shack part time. It was very similar, and I left after they were able to rotate more people in. I got a kick out of being able to see their back-end systems and ERP though. Retail markups are ridiculous.

                                    Computers lose money though. It's the accessories that make money.

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                                    • MattKingM
                                      MattKing @thanksajdotcom
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                                      @ajstringham said:

                                      @MattKing said:

                                      @IRJ I did a very, very short stint at a Radio Shack part time. It was very similar, and I left after they were able to rotate more people in. I got a kick out of being able to see their back-end systems and ERP though. Retail markups are ridiculous.

                                      Computers lose money though. It's the accessories that make money.

                                      Oh totally! I can't remember it's been forever, but there was some sort of system in place for accessories; think it was 3 to 1? You only got a certain percentage of your sales commission on a standalone item if you didn't sell something around 2-3 accessories with it. I.e. phones, tablets, cameras, etc.

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                                        A Former User @MattKing
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                                        @MattKing Oh, retail is crazy mark-ups. I used to work in Sales for a company that manages most of the college campus bookstore nation wide. 50-60% markup on textbooks. Making the poor - poorer.

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                                        • MattKingM
                                          MattKing @A Former User
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                                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                                          @MattKing Oh, retail is crazy mark-ups. I used to work in Sales for a company that manages most of the college campus bookstore nation wide. 50-60% markup on textbooks. Making the poor - poorer.

                                          Alright, I have never stolen anything.

                                          Except a few of my college books back in the day.

                                          Sorry mom.

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                                          • IRJI
                                            IRJ @thanksajdotcom
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                                            @ajstringham said:

                                            @IRJ said:

                                            They bragged daily how the Florida Mall Geek Squad did more repairs than any other Geek Squad. Yeah.... "we love to rip tourist off " should have been their slogan

                                            I stole so many customers from Geek Squad when I was at Staples. They were half a mile from us. Across the bridge and other side of the road. The bridge was just over a highway, so not long. See attached picture.
                                            staples2geeksquad.PNG

                                            The geeksquad is a joke. I am glad you were able to steal some customers

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