Mine cannot. They only open mailboxes, and browse the internet.

 

 

 

When I download something new its like: What have you done? it could contain virusses! :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just wondering,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can your parents get along with a computer?

My dad is pretty good with computers, can't type for his life though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mom's just terrible all around with them. Just now she spent half an hour trying to understand how Movietickets.com works :lol: .

My mom does a lot of selling on eBay and email stuff. My dad checks the weather, that's it. He gets really impatient and clicks a few thousand times if it doesn't load. Rather funny.

My dad taught me most of what I know about computers. When I was younger he was a programmer, using Fortran for mainframe programming and COBOL for other stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd say I've now superseded him on more modern computing issues like graphics and modern networks, but he still knows more about lower level stuff than me (things that one doesn't often tinker with nowadays but were prominent a while ago - like IRQs, batch files and so on).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mum, on the other hand, is not computer-savvy at all. We got her a Mac so she wouldn't balls it up.

My dad could handle DOS and Win95-98 just fine. He hardly has used it at all since then though, so he doesn't know much about XP. My mom can check her email and play Scrabble, that's about it.

dad - pretty good

 

 

 

mum - hopeless

Mine cannot. They only open mailboxes, and browse the internet.

 

 

 

When I download something new its like: What have you done? it could contain virus'! :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same except it's, OMG you're gonna waste hardrive space with your paint files and trial programs!!

Both of my parents are completely hopeless when it comes to computers. They ask me incessant questions about them, and ask me to teach them how to do things. I'm as patient as I can be with them though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The odd thing is, I'll teach them how to do something and the next day, they've completely forgotten how to do it! O.O Like, I taught my mom how to save a file, then how to browse for the file to upload it. I teach her how to do this every single day. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. FOR. FOUR. MONTHS. She still doesn't get it. :lol:

My dad knows a lot about computers but my mom knows absolutley nothing about them. She's never used our computer.

My mother pressed the power button when the computer froze, after that the HD crashed and could not post at Tip.it for 2 weeks :oops:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repair costs: 130 Euros. :|

My parents are pretty computer-literate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dad is fairly knowledgeable in C++ ...at least as far as I know.

 

 

 

My mom can browse the internet and run a virus scan...not much, but it's better than nothing.

It's easier for teenagers to use computers well since we grew up with them :D My dad is pretty good when it comes to using them, just because he spends as much time computing as I do :XD: Mostly buying, selling, reading car forums, etc. But my mom, on the other hand, is hopeless. Must be a housewife thing :XD: She's constantly asking me things like, "Ashley help! My email just disappeared!" And always asking me to make her movies, slideshows, things like that.

My dad's about a little less qualified than me but slower. My mom can only check her e-mail, do a google search, or play spider solitaire (spends most time doing).

Both of my parents are completely hopeless when it comes to computers. They ask me incessant questions about them, and ask me to teach them how to do things. I'm as patient as I can be with them though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The odd thing is, I'll teach them how to do something and the next day, they've completely forgotten how to do it! O.O Like, I taught my mom how to save a file, then how to browse for the file to upload it. I teach her how to do this every single day. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. FOR. FOUR. MONTHS. She still doesn't get it. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or they just don't want to learn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom could be computer literate, if she READ THE INSTRUCTIONS or learned how to. Once she gave me her cell phone instruction manual and her phone and said, "How do I lock this?" I went to the proper section, told my mom to READ the steps, then to follow what I'm doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She did not bother to read nor follow what I was doing. It took her half an hour to figure out how to perform 7 simple steps, each step consisting of pushing one button each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dad knows how to browse the web, create e-mail, and stuff. Nothing too complex like making a slideshow (even I can't do that!).

My parents are terrible and kept deleting my files on a 300gb hd, because they didn't want it to take up space. One day, I just saved up for parts and stole the 300gb hard drives from the family comp and put it in my own. I replaced it with an 80 gb hd, butt set it to a 2gb partition. hehe :D

Mine are good at reformatting hard drives (most of the time unintentionally) and reinstalling Windows XP & 98.

Dad - INSANELY computer GENIUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom - so-so

my parents dont even know how to turn it on....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im very thankful... :] ;)

Same LP, my parents don't know where the power button is xD .. they enough to take the power plug out *.* hahah but that's when we are on at night

My dad can hardly type, and spends time only checking e-mail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mom is quite computer-literate, but can't really do all that much...

My dad is a huge problem solver, so even if he didnt know something, he would teach himself. He did take computer classes about 14 years ago, so he learned alot of the older stuff, but still can apply it to the new stuff. I cant even figure out how to reformat windows 95 and 98 before, but he knew.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mom isnt as good of a problem solver, but still experiments and finds out things on her own. Everyone in my family has a different level of expertise.

My dad is pretty good with computers, can't type for his life though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's the same as my dad! He's good with programs but typing he's slow. :lol: :P

my mom...absolutely not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my dad knows more than i do...which sucks btw lol

My dad has a masters in computers sooo... he is pretty good with 'em.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My mom is pretty good with them as well. Asks some silly questions here and then but has learned enough from me and my dad to use 'em well.

Dad-very literate. He does all the installing and stuff.

 

 

 

Mom-not as good, but an excellent typer and Google-er.