IT professionals.
Who could predict what step the technology of the twenty-first century would take? Computers, the Internet and mobile communications have grown together with our daily lives. We breathe information like air, each in our own way enjoy the benefits of civilization.
No need to be an expert to dial a phone number. But how does a cell phone work?
There is no need to get a special education to play computer games ... But how much work has been put into making a dynamic and exciting picture drawn in real time?
And the Internet is an ordinary thing, we say. But how, HOW can you transmit your voice to the other side of the globe in a second?
The twenty-first century is the Age of Professionals.
An attempt to repair a failed refrigerator, without special knowledge and experience, can result in big losses. Try remaking a landline phone into a mobile phone, and you will understand what is the meaning of this phrase. What can we say about the computer, in particular - about its software part? ..
Information is something non-material, immaterial, physically non-existent. You can tear paper or break a CD, but you cannot adjust Windows with a wrench or even slap the case. And at the same time, information is life. Money. Time. Liberty. Power if you want. And of course, leisure.
And now, the carrier of all these great blessings stands on your bedside table - it's just a laptop.
"The laptop." Shops are full to the brim with cheap and "affordable", as well as (sometimes) convenient and high-quality equipment. Anyone can afford it.
What is he like? How do you see it, this abstract, perfect computer? What is he capable of, what would you like to see?
Let's try to guess. It should have an aesthetic appearance and be comfortable (egronomic). It is simply obliged to be simple and clear. The speed and “understanding” of the control system (interface) is also necessary, although many sacrifice them for the sake of economy. Well.
If you go deeper, but our “Ideal Computer” will help you to solve standard work tasks: create a document, a table, send a letter, visit interesting places (“sites”) on the Internet. Chat with friends via voice or instant text communication. Listen to music and watch a movie. Maybe a little play.
Here, at first glance, there is an insignificant complexity lurking - not a single computer just acquired can do the aforementioned. Programs need to be installed and, more importantly, configured, Internet access - to get and secure, music and movies - to be able to run.
Advertising, from which it is impossible to hide in our time, is replete with "profitable" offers - get something right now and you will get ... Well? Great computer? Let's say.
The difficulty is that any computer is magnificent THEORETICAL. In some abstract situation, if ... a professional sits behind him.
Statistical information: on average, a programmer spends up to three days to fully configure a computer for himself. Just assembled or purchased a car. THREE DAY. Only after that she is able to "as it should" perform ... trivial tasks. About professional speech is not talking.
Do you still think you are getting a finished computer?
Let's make a small digression.
The ideal computer these days is first and foremost reliability. Why? Yes, because it will be needed tomorrow, and in five years. Games and programs are changing, hard drives and the number of processor cores are growing ... and text documents and web pages will always be there. And they will always be more valuable than gigabytes and gigabytes of movies, software distributions and music files.
But what is the standard for this reliability?
Pay attention to some "outdated cars." Any experienced service engineer or programmer, rummaging through his memory, will surely remember: among the whirlpools of new-fangled super-productive systems, the islands of stability for YEARS include “prehistoric” PCs based on Pentium III or Athlon XP. Moreover, these "grandfathers" of five to seven years ago allow all the minimum necessary that "modern" computers - to read and view.
That's really a computer "for ages."
Was it prohibitively expensive at the time of purchase? No, at that time this configuration was only slightly more expensive than usual, it was simply assembled more professionally and from better components (note: it is the “top-end” one, designed for professional tuning, the best hardware works for years and years, experts say).
Was this particular computer something outrageous then? Also no.
It's just that its current owners did not save on quality. The result exceeded all expectations.
Where are the “budget” PCs bought for “cheap and cheerful” reasons now? It has long been forgotten in landfills of scrap metal ... Or used in summer cottages as stands for table lamps.
How, you ask, can an old computer be taught to work no worse than a new one?
It must be solidly configured. So that he deals only with your tasks, and not with what Microsoft developers interested in invested in him, you should not forget, first of all, in your own benefit, and only then in yours.
Let us pay attention to what the store shelves are made today. Notebooks with preinstalled Vista Home Basic ™, "budget" and "not so". And this kit performs the same tasks as a seven-year-old computer. And sometimes - only after tuning. A paradox, isn't it? Almost a decade - and not notice the progress.
What to do? How to proceed? To study programming and to struggle with Vista yourself, one by one disconnecting all system extraneous and advertising modules? Switch to Linux and forget ALL that you have been taught before? Don't buy a computer at all? Search for some acquaintances, give them a beer and listen to the careless explanations of “how does it work”?
The result of the above actions is unknown. Happiness, if it is positive, and the machine will acquire some semblance of a worker. And if not? Acquaintances may turn out to be illiterate adjusters, “hackers,” who have done more harm than good. Linux will not come without a fight. Independent study of the issue will take months, and, most likely, will be boring and of little use in ordinary life ... Unless, of course, excluding free beer "by acquaintance" ... The
Age of Professionals. The author of this article will never sit down for the preparation of financial statements, will not try to write a masterpiece with a brush and sketchbook, will he not drive a truck. Because this is not what he can do PROFESSIONALLY.
Nowadays, the best organizations providing “computer help” services and computer repair have reached a new, urgently needed level - assistance in setting up a PC. Of course, not every person you call home to set up a computer is a professional. Anything meets. But it’s easy to check who is in front of you: sociability, the ability to explain the meaning of the necessary work and the constant confidence in the ability to do everything - these are the three most important qualities of a high-level specialist.
It cannot be argued that such services are "cheap and angry." A certified specialist who has gone home and provides high-level professional assistance is not a joke. But only this option gives confidence in the future. After all, the organization is tied by a rigid framework - a mandatory warranty on-site repair, free telephone consultations, only licensed, fully-functional software. Only True Professionals.
Anyone who is interested in computers can invite a "neighborly boy" who is interested in computers. First of all, serious people work with specialists, for whom time and quality are more important than saving.
You can easily determine who in front of you is a “call boy” or a Professional. Just ask to tell him what he is capable of, ask about the experience - and you will understand the difference. IT professionals.
No need to be an expert to dial a phone number. But how does a cell phone work?
There is no need to get a special education to play computer games ... But how much work has been put into making a dynamic and exciting picture drawn in real time?
And the Internet is an ordinary thing, we say. But how, HOW can you transmit your voice to the other side of the globe in a second?
The twenty-first century is the Age of Professionals.
An attempt to repair a failed refrigerator, without special knowledge and experience, can result in big losses. Try remaking a landline phone into a mobile phone, and you will understand what is the meaning of this phrase. What can we say about the computer, in particular - about its software part? ..
Information is something non-material, immaterial, physically non-existent. You can tear paper or break a CD, but you cannot adjust Windows with a wrench or even slap the case. And at the same time, information is life. Money. Time. Liberty. Power if you want. And of course, leisure.
And now, the carrier of all these great blessings stands on your bedside table - it's just a laptop.
"The laptop." Shops are full to the brim with cheap and "affordable", as well as (sometimes) convenient and high-quality equipment. Anyone can afford it.
What is he like? How do you see it, this abstract, perfect computer? What is he capable of, what would you like to see?
Let's try to guess. It should have an aesthetic appearance and be comfortable (egronomic). It is simply obliged to be simple and clear. The speed and “understanding” of the control system (interface) is also necessary, although many sacrifice them for the sake of economy. Well.
If you go deeper, but our “Ideal Computer” will help you to solve standard work tasks: create a document, a table, send a letter, visit interesting places (“sites”) on the Internet. Chat with friends via voice or instant text communication. Listen to music and watch a movie. Maybe a little play.
Here, at first glance, there is an insignificant complexity lurking - not a single computer just acquired can do the aforementioned. Programs need to be installed and, more importantly, configured, Internet access - to get and secure, music and movies - to be able to run.
Advertising, from which it is impossible to hide in our time, is replete with "profitable" offers - get something right now and you will get ... Well? Great computer? Let's say.
The difficulty is that any computer is magnificent THEORETICAL. In some abstract situation, if ... a professional sits behind him.
Statistical information: on average, a programmer spends up to three days to fully configure a computer for himself. Just assembled or purchased a car. THREE DAY. Only after that she is able to "as it should" perform ... trivial tasks. About professional speech is not talking.
Do you still think you are getting a finished computer?
Let's make a small digression.
The ideal computer these days is first and foremost reliability. Why? Yes, because it will be needed tomorrow, and in five years. Games and programs are changing, hard drives and the number of processor cores are growing ... and text documents and web pages will always be there. And they will always be more valuable than gigabytes and gigabytes of movies, software distributions and music files.
But what is the standard for this reliability?
Pay attention to some "outdated cars." Any experienced service engineer or programmer, rummaging through his memory, will surely remember: among the whirlpools of new-fangled super-productive systems, the islands of stability for YEARS include “prehistoric” PCs based on Pentium III or Athlon XP. Moreover, these "grandfathers" of five to seven years ago allow all the minimum necessary that "modern" computers - to read and view.
That's really a computer "for ages."
Was it prohibitively expensive at the time of purchase? No, at that time this configuration was only slightly more expensive than usual, it was simply assembled more professionally and from better components (note: it is the “top-end” one, designed for professional tuning, the best hardware works for years and years, experts say).
Was this particular computer something outrageous then? Also no.
It's just that its current owners did not save on quality. The result exceeded all expectations.
Where are the “budget” PCs bought for “cheap and cheerful” reasons now? It has long been forgotten in landfills of scrap metal ... Or used in summer cottages as stands for table lamps.
How, you ask, can an old computer be taught to work no worse than a new one?
It must be solidly configured. So that he deals only with your tasks, and not with what Microsoft developers interested in invested in him, you should not forget, first of all, in your own benefit, and only then in yours.
Let us pay attention to what the store shelves are made today. Notebooks with preinstalled Vista Home Basic ™, "budget" and "not so". And this kit performs the same tasks as a seven-year-old computer. And sometimes - only after tuning. A paradox, isn't it? Almost a decade - and not notice the progress.
What to do? How to proceed? To study programming and to struggle with Vista yourself, one by one disconnecting all system extraneous and advertising modules? Switch to Linux and forget ALL that you have been taught before? Don't buy a computer at all? Search for some acquaintances, give them a beer and listen to the careless explanations of “how does it work”?
The result of the above actions is unknown. Happiness, if it is positive, and the machine will acquire some semblance of a worker. And if not? Acquaintances may turn out to be illiterate adjusters, “hackers,” who have done more harm than good. Linux will not come without a fight. Independent study of the issue will take months, and, most likely, will be boring and of little use in ordinary life ... Unless, of course, excluding free beer "by acquaintance" ... The
Age of Professionals. The author of this article will never sit down for the preparation of financial statements, will not try to write a masterpiece with a brush and sketchbook, will he not drive a truck. Because this is not what he can do PROFESSIONALLY.
Nowadays, the best organizations providing “computer help” services and computer repair have reached a new, urgently needed level - assistance in setting up a PC. Of course, not every person you call home to set up a computer is a professional. Anything meets. But it’s easy to check who is in front of you: sociability, the ability to explain the meaning of the necessary work and the constant confidence in the ability to do everything - these are the three most important qualities of a high-level specialist.
It cannot be argued that such services are "cheap and angry." A certified specialist who has gone home and provides high-level professional assistance is not a joke. But only this option gives confidence in the future. After all, the organization is tied by a rigid framework - a mandatory warranty on-site repair, free telephone consultations, only licensed, fully-functional software. Only True Professionals.
Anyone who is interested in computers can invite a "neighborly boy" who is interested in computers. First of all, serious people work with specialists, for whom time and quality are more important than saving.
You can easily determine who in front of you is a “call boy” or a Professional. Just ask to tell him what he is capable of, ask about the experience - and you will understand the difference. IT professionals.