If only John Mayer's dad lived in Australia and owned a Dell. Then all of John Mayer's dad's tech support questions could have been easily answered by the good folks at Gizmo.

You see, today Dell and Gizmo announced that they were going to get intimate, with Gizmo services like setting up your Dell PC or setting up a wireless network available as an optional extra when purchasing a new Dell machine.

While it's highly unlikely that anybody reading this would need tech support to set up their own computer, this could be the kind of thing that you purchase for your own mum or dad when buying them a PC, so you can save yourself the 1,742 phone calls about how to get the computer working or, in John Mayer's case, finding an application.

Pricing is a bit on the expensive side, but look at it this way: they have to put up with all of those inane questions from old people so you don't have to. Isn't that worth something?

Pricing is below:

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Here's a gift idea to break the monotony of socks, ties, and hankies this Fathers' Day, and it might give a hint to your family that there are professionals now available to do all that shitty family tech support you/we/all geeks are tired of having to do.

If you haven't heard of Gizmo, it's like the Geek Squad thing in America. Like tradies for your home computers and gadgetry - but unlike a tradesman they'll come exactly when you book them to come. They sent us word on some ideas for what they could do for your Dad this Fathers' Day. They're getting creative with how you can use their services, so we thought we'd share:

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