Comments for Running a Computer Repair Business http://www.bientek.com/blog Thoughts for Fellow PC Repair Techs & Businesses. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by Nick http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Nick Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:16:50 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-228 See yesterday's NY Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/us/bay-area-technology-professionals-cant-get-hired-as-industry-moves-on.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1" rel="nofollow">article</a> on tech professionals not getting hired because of changes in the industry. See yesterday’s NY Times article on tech professionals not getting hired because of changes in the industry.

]]> Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by Karsten http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Karsten Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:06:59 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-225 This is why we have to become great at what we do, or move up in the ranks beyond the level of technician. The average tech / programmer / labor worker will make less money while decision makers and leaders will become more valuable to companies, and have the opportunity to work for themselves. This is why we have to become great at what we do, or move up in the ranks beyond the level of technician. The average tech / programmer / labor worker will make less money while decision makers and leaders will become more valuable to companies, and have the opportunity to work for themselves.

]]> Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by Ryan from Easton iPhone Repair http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Ryan from Easton iPhone Repair Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:07:33 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-224 Good points. It's a scary thing, for PC techs, but it's an inevitable reality. It's ok, things will change, and we'll just have to evolve with technology. Like you said, other markets will open up. The more open we are to learning newer technologies, the better equipped we'll be to start offering other services. However, to kind of play the other side of the argument for a second, the Ultrabook could be massively popular, and will still get viruses (among other things). Windows isn't going to just.. fall off. Things will just change. Because of that, there still may certainly be a strong computer repair demand. Good points. It’s a scary thing, for PC techs, but it’s an inevitable reality. It’s ok, things will change, and we’ll just have to evolve with technology. Like you said, other markets will open up. The more open we are to learning newer technologies, the better equipped we’ll be to start offering other services.

However, to kind of play the other side of the argument for a second, the Ultrabook could be massively popular, and will still get viruses (among other things). Windows isn’t going to just.. fall off. Things will just change. Because of that, there still may certainly be a strong computer repair demand.

]]> Comment on Fixing the Droid-X Gmail Crash and Reboot by Jared http://www.bientek.com/blog/fixing-the-droid-x-gmail-crash-and-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Jared Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:58:34 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=200#comment-223 Avoid the Droid. Well, the Motorola Droid-X to be precise. Mine crashes all the time when I lock the phone while rotating the screen... especially when Pandora or Angry Birds is open! Avoid the Droid. Well, the Motorola Droid-X to be precise. Mine crashes all the time when I lock the phone while rotating the screen… especially when Pandora or Angry Birds is open!

]]> Comment on Pros and Cons of Using Subcontractors for an Onsite Services Business by Jared http://www.bientek.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-using-subcontractors-for-an-onsite-services-business/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Jared Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:55:27 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=306#comment-222 Thank you for sharing this info about running a business using subs. I am in the onsite service industry (for 5 years now) and would like to give your contractor management software a try. Please see my email. I have included my contact information in it. Thank you, Jared. Thank you for sharing this info about running a business using subs. I am in the onsite service industry (for 5 years now) and would like to give your contractor management software a try. Please see my email. I have included my contact information in it. Thank you, Jared.

]]> Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by spitfire http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-205 spitfire Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:03:25 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-205 I really don't believe it's out! Maybe your prices are too high for your services? Who would want CLOUD to have all your info? THEIR SERVERS COULD CRASH, CATCH A VIRUS, ETC. I really don't see it, really cell, tablets who wants to carry a small cell, looking at site where its small, or facebook and such (and your cell gets hot). I would rather be on a laptop where I can put on a flashdrive, dvd, etc because i know the cell or not that safe for hackers or PC but I love using the keyboards etc. I really don't see it happening, I see cheaper laptop, but MICROSOFT will always want to make money, as long as BILL GATES IS AROUND, he will come up with something for windows, I believe he is working on it! We shall see. I really don’t believe it’s out! Maybe your prices are too high for your services? Who would want CLOUD to have all your info? THEIR SERVERS COULD CRASH, CATCH A VIRUS, ETC. I really don’t see it, really cell, tablets who wants to carry a small cell, looking at site where its small, or facebook and such (and your cell gets hot). I would rather be on a laptop where I can put on a flashdrive, dvd, etc because i know the cell or not that safe for hackers or PC but I love using the keyboards etc. I really don’t see it happening, I see cheaper laptop, but MICROSOFT will always want to make money, as long as BILL GATES IS AROUND, he will come up with something for windows, I believe he is working on it! We shall see.

]]> Comment on Fixing the Droid-X Gmail Crash and Reboot by Dave http://www.bientek.com/blog/fixing-the-droid-x-gmail-crash-and-reboot/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Dave Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:44:55 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=200#comment-190 All of the problems listed above are exactly the same experiences I've had with all three all three DROID x phones I've had. It really is as if Motorola didn't do any real world testing...at all...really...it's so horribly planned. My guess is Motorola considers these phones as disposable, rather keep dumping new half-assed models for us to upgrade from their previous POS model. Literally the only nice thing about this phone is the screen. The keyboard absolutely BLOWS, as I type this I can only see two lines of minutest and it's a major pain to edit. The rotation is a joke, barely turn it 5is degrees and it rotates, but to get it to return to the previous position requires like 100a degree rotation. Listening to the static filled music player means you'll likely have it reboot at some random point and haveto wait a full 3-4 minutes before it's functional. Just now I tried to edit the text to place a space between "haveto" and the cursor was stuck about 25a characters to the left of where my finger was. Anyway, the reboots I suspect are caused by the phone not handling functions like auto rotate and addressing the sd card at the same time. It seems to restart when I close the browser and go back to music then turn off the screen. I will never buy or even take for free another Motorola product. It's bad enough they rushed out this garbage, but the real insult is their refusal to make it right, to not even acknowledge these very real and common problems is a slap in our faces. We didn't buy these phones to belate basically lied to, if these were vehicles there would be a lemon law class action suit. Actually, a class action lawsuit might be a way to go considering their lies and refusals. All of the problems listed above are exactly the same experiences I’ve had with all three all three DROID x phones I’ve had. It really is as if Motorola didn’t do any real world testing…at all…really…it’s so horribly planned. My guess is Motorola considers these phones as disposable, rather keep dumping new half-assed models for us to upgrade from their previous POS model. Literally the only nice thing about this phone is the screen. The keyboard absolutely BLOWS, as I type this I can only see two lines of minutest and it’s a major pain to edit. The rotation is a joke, barely turn it 5is degrees and it rotates, but to get it to return to the previous position requires like 100a degree rotation. Listening to the static filled music player means you’ll likely have it reboot at some random point and haveto wait a full 3-4 minutes before it’s functional. Just now I tried to edit the text to place a space between “haveto” and the cursor was stuck about 25a characters to the left of where my finger was. Anyway, the reboots I suspect are caused by the phone not handling functions like auto rotate and addressing the sd card at the same time. It seems to restart when I close the browser and go back to music then turn off the screen.

I will never buy or even take for free another Motorola product. It’s bad enough they rushed out this garbage, but the real insult is their refusal to make it right, to not even acknowledge these very real and common problems is a slap in our faces. We didn’t buy these phones to belate basically lied to, if these were vehicles there would be a lemon law class action suit. Actually, a class action lawsuit might be a way to go considering their lies and refusals.

]]> Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by BienTek http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-161 BienTek Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:45:51 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-161 Looks like we already have USB sticks turning monitors into computers: http://blog.laptopmag.com/usb-stick-contains-dual-core-computer-turns-any-screen-into-an-android-station Looks like we already have USB sticks turning monitors into computers: http://blog.laptopmag.com/usb-stick-contains-dual-core-computer-turns-any-screen-into-an-android-station

]]> Comment on Getting Hired as a Computer Repair Subcontractor by Jordan Hurd http://www.bientek.com/blog/getting-hired-as-a-computer-repair-subcontractor/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Jordan Hurd Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:50:48 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=273#comment-138 Hello I'm with neighborhood nerds and we are looking for ways to expand, subcontracting is one good way to do it and I ran into this site online and thought I would try to reach you about doing this. Thank you Hello I’m with neighborhood nerds and we are looking for ways to expand, subcontracting is one good way to do it and I ran into this site online and thought I would try to reach you about doing this. Thank you

]]> Comment on The Future of the PC Repair Business by pchelpathome http://www.bientek.com/blog/the-future-of-the-pc-repair-business/comment-page-1/#comment-134 pchelpathome Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.bientek.com/blog/?p=239#comment-134 Good questions and some interesting responses. We see users becoming more reliant on tech and less able to figure it out and repair it themselves. The same happened in the car industry as manufacturers sought to make purchasers of their products dependant on their aftercare and garage services. So it is with the Computer industry, get users hooked on your product, then get them to commit a few dollars every month on your support products and before long they are paying you month on month just for the privilege of using your kit. If cloud computing takes off big time then expect to see the return of dumb terminals with little or no processing power and a net connection serving all software and files. Chromebook is just the start. Good questions and some interesting responses. We see users becoming more reliant on tech and less able to figure it out and repair it themselves. The same happened in the car industry as manufacturers sought to make purchasers of their products dependant on their aftercare and garage services. So it is with the Computer industry, get users hooked on your product, then get them to commit a few dollars every month on your support products and before long they are paying you month on month just for the privilege of using your kit. If cloud computing takes off big time then expect to see the return of dumb terminals with little or no processing power and a net connection serving all software and files. Chromebook is just the start.

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