2008-01-31 12:00:04
Perhaps The VAR Guy pursued the wrong career. He's blogging for free, but could be making $229 per hour or so that's nearly $460,000 a year troubleshooting Windows Vista PCs for his neighbors. That may sound a little far fetched. But check out this amazing math, using some quick cost estimates from The Geek Squad. Consumers are actually paying Geek Squad a hefty fee ($129 to $229) to set up and optimize their Windows Vista PCs. Can you imagine calling Linus Torvalds to re-boot Linux? The VAR Guy thinks not.Here's a look at the fees Geek Squad is charging to keep all of those poor Windows Vista customers up-and-running. 

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