Comment What I hear most... (Score 1) 962
I find the most common confusion amongst laypeople is that they get memory, hard drive and CPU speed all mixed up. Client says: oh I need a new computer with 200 GB of hard drive..that will make it faster right? (you can also fill in "hard drive" with memory. Or you are asking how fast is the computer....and you get..."huh......256 of RAM? I think that's what the sales guy said it was..."
Bottom line: stick with the basics (very basics). Most common user don't care why..they will just glaze over and throw the book away.