Yesterday , I order you about a new Consumerist investigating intothe vast ripoffy nature of Best Buy ’s information processing system optimizations . But hoo boy , $ 40 to enter a username into a new Mac ? That ’s tough to justify .
https://gizmodo.com/best-buys-optimization-is-officially-a-huge-evil-scam-5439590
Just what do you get when you give the Geek Squad $ 40 to optimise your new MacBook Pro ?
As even a computer novice might look , “ Mac optimization ” is useless . One supposed welfare is put the user ’s name on the computer , grant to Best Buy representatives I spoke to . presumptively , anyone who is buying a calculator knows how to type in his or her own name , or follow the prompt to do it . Another suppose benefit : checking the Mac ’s mesh connection . This has no value because it is done in the store , while the buyer will use the Mac with a unlike net at home . Yet a third step involves loading the Geek Squad ’s own proprietary software program on the data processor to run down drive - movement that have never been used and so do n’t require to be scanned for trouble . An anti - virus programme is also part of the mix , which is an contumely to the virus resistance of Macs . “ There ’s nothing of that sort that any brand - Modern microcomputer needs , and Macs less so , ” Gottheil say . “ Apple requires far less configuration . ” Best Buy ’s heavy sell on “ optimization ” is like vend fabulous unicorn based on the value of their horsepower .
If there ’s a more diaphanous retail scam aim at vacuum money out of the wallet of honest-to-god and naive the great unwashed , I ’ve never learn of it . This is downright disgraceful . [ The Big Money ]
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