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Offline rich_t

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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2010, 07:42:42 PM »
Quote from: Thor on September 04, 2010, 02:28:29 PM
Geek Squad has been known to steal personal data and they are WAY overpriced. When I approached them about my stereo, which I bought brand new from Best Buy, they were essentially clueless. I was underwhelmed, to say the least. (The question was, "did my new stereo require a preamp to make the turntable work?" They didn't have a freaking clue. Turns out that new tuner/amps no longer have a built in phono pre-amp.

Hell most of those kids working at Best Buy have probably never even seen a turntable.
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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2010, 08:59:15 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on September 04, 2010, 07:42:42 PM
Hell most of those kids working at Best Buy have probably never even seen a turntable.

Best Buy does sell turntables (or they did when I worked there ten years ago). 

They're pretty expensive when you consider what you're actually paying for.
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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2010, 09:15:30 PM »
GeekSquad fixed my laptop when it went kerflooey from viruses. I was happy and it cost me $45.

It's probably different in every city.

I'm sorry Soleil that you are having a problem.

I had to work on mine the other night too....after a venture into FB.  :censored: I could not even get malebytes - which was already on it - to open, but finally was able to access avast. I ran avast 3 times!! and it was still pulling out infected files. I have not tried it since, but it was so much better!! I could not stay on longer than a minute or two before a big black cross (like Red Cross only black) telling me the site was infected, no matter where I tried to go on Internet Explorer.

I finally logged on through Firefox, and ran avast 2 times, then logged into Internet Explorer and ran it again.

You might try avast.com- the free version. I was ready to throw my laptop through the window by the time I finally got avast downloaded. The whole thing took me from almost midnight until almost 5am.... :bawl:
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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2010, 09:19:11 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on September 04, 2010, 08:59:15 PM
Best Buy does sell turntables (or they did when I worked there ten years ago). 

They're pretty expensive when you consider what you're actually paying for.

I was in a best buy last week just window shopping.

I sure didn't see any turntables.  But I wasn't looking for one either, so I may have just not noticed them if there were any.
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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2010, 09:30:19 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on September 04, 2010, 09:19:11 PM
I was in a best buy last week just window shopping.

I sure didn't see any turntables.  But I wasn't looking for one either, so I may have just not noticed them if there were any.


It looks like they sell them online only for the most part.  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Audio-Systems-Components/Turntables/abcat0202007.c?id=abcat0202007

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Re: Any computer gurus?
« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2010, 01:03:11 PM »
I've seen turntables at Best Buy, but they're the USB type, not ones that hook into the tuner/ amp.

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