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Tweak geeks

by Dave

Was Best Buy really telling customers that their optimization program would increase processor speeds by 200% for $39.99 as this article claims?  This is an amusing story about the Geek Squad’s abilty to fuck up errr tweak PCs and the performance enhancements that result.  Best to do it yourself I think.

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5 comments

1 greginak { 01.06.10 at 5:37 pm }

mandatory geek warning!!! Just toss windows and install yourself some Linux.

2 JosephFM { 01.07.10 at 11:21 pm }

I didn’t have this experience, but maybe that’s because I was too obviously not going to fall for it no matter what.

Also the local Geek Squad manager is president of my college anime club, so he knew me already.

Dave
January 8th, 2010 at 7:45 am

I dealt with the Geek Squad twice and the experiences were fine, but because I know enough to be dangerous, I could understand what they were doing and was able to provide them with specific guidance.

The 200% increase in processor speed amused me greatly. The only time I ever recall seeing that kind of overclocking was when Tom’s Hardware, some years back, overclocked a Pentium 4 processor from 2.4 Ghz to 5.0 Ghz. For cooling, it required liquid nitrogen.

3 Nob Akimoto { 01.07.10 at 11:44 pm }

So what government regulation is allowing Best Buy to do this horrible thing? Surely in a free market this would never happen.

Dave
January 8th, 2010 at 7:39 am

So what government regulation is allowing Best Buy to do this horrible thing? Surely in a free market this would never happen.

Hmmm…

I heard policymakers are working on this and are using the SEC’s ability to prevent securities fraud and ponzi schemes as its basis.