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Hello there!
I'm going insane...
For years, ever since she's had a Laptop and a smartphone, my grandmother complains that they're slow.
Every few weeks she's like "yeah transfer all my photos from my phone to the laptop"
Okay, sure...

Laptop: windows 10, 500GB HDD, I3-2330M, 4GB DDR3...
It's constantly maxed out with everything. Booting up takes >4 minutes, transfer rates from her fuckPhone are around 2.4MB/s if you're lucky.

I keep telling her, for years now, to invest in a new laptop and phone, since her smartphone has only got 8GB of usable space, most of which (>5GB) are used by her fucking apps and partly by the OS.

She's, what I like to call "Beratungsresistent", roughly translates to "Resistant to suggestions/counseling/trying to genuinely help her".

I'm seriously getting sick of it.
I told her in December of last year to make a budget plan and I'll get her a well-performing laptop and phone with it.

"Ughhh, everything will be so different..."
HOLY SHIT I KEEP TELLING YOU I'LL PUT WINDOWS 10 ON IT, THE SAME OPERATING SYSTEM AS ON YOUR CURRENT PIECE OF SHIT LAPTOP AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO RE-LEARN USING AN ANDROID!

She's not stupid, but fucking lazy. She genuinely doesn't give a flying fuck about her devices until they start getting slow. I TOLD HER A BILLION TIMES THAT THIS IS WHAT SHE'LL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IF SHE DOESN'T UPGRADE HER HARDWARE OR GET A NEW DEVICE!!! LIKE HOW ARE YOU SO FUCKING DENSE NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF AN HDD VS AN SSD AFTER I EXPLAINED IT A THOUSAND TIMES!

IT'S ALWAYS THE FUCKING SAME, I AM SUPPOSED TO MAGICALLY MAKE HER DEVICES FAST AGAIN, BUT I CAN NOT, FOR THEY NEVER WERE!!!

I feel like I'm about to explode at some point. It's the same thing every couple of weeks right after I come home from work and want to have a relaxed evening from a stressful job.

Rant over, have a good day.

Comments
  • 4
    lol, IT for granny.

    People asked me for help years ago. I voiced my unfavorable political opinions and didn't return phone calls. I was also blessed by a wife that can do most IT things.
  • 3
    @Demolishun Good suggestion regarding wife. Remind me to invite you to my wedding in many years.
  • 3
    when it's her birthday buy her a fast machine and set it up the way she had hers setup. with all her files and everything

    idk why you're explaining lol

    you know what would improve her life and you have occasions for gifts!
  • 6
    "Beratungsresistent"
  • 2
    @Probabil 😂 Ja Ja
  • 2
    @jestdotty Nah. She's not dead weight or preying upon us. I love her dearly, like the rest of my family, but she can be infuriating in this regard.

    You have a good point though, for her birthday we'll collect money from other close family members and get a decent laptop for her. Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't even think of that.
  • 2
    @Probabil I love this picture so much, I'm going to print it out and frame it.
  • 2
    Both of my grandmothers passed away decades ago. They never got to experience using a computer or a cellphone, let alone a smartphone. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise.
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