Daniel Gocsman

As a business consultant, web designer and photographer my technical know-how around doing system administration on my Microsoft desktop is limited and sometimes I do require the assistant of my computer engineering son to get it right. In a Microsoft Environment, keeping updated with respect to potential security breaches and patches is a constant vigil. The rigor of keeping current with OS updates, Norton updates and Spyware updates is time consuming. Valuable business hours each week are spend and lost on this task of self-administration dictated by the Microsoft Operating Environment.

So with the purchase of an IBM T40 (a tough notebook), increasing system administration time was not an option. This alone forced an serious consideration of Linux as an alternative operating environment. That was five years ago. Now an established Linux user, I can clearly profess the capabilities and benefits of Linux for small and large businesses, especially, when it comes to notebook deployment.

What Linux variant is best for small business and notebook deployment in your company?

As a small and medium business development manager with Sun Microsystems, exposure to Linux and the debate around its viability was a daily event. Questioning and challenging the virtues of Open Source (FREE) Linux versus Licensed Linux versions like Red Hat and Novell SuSE continues to this day . After years of personal use of Open Source (Free) Linux, I can never go back to running the Microsoft Operating Environment on my notebook. And once you can get Linux versions of Quick books, Quick Tax and Picasa (now available on Linux), there is no reason to stay in that perpetual administrative nightmare world of Microsoft.  Read more...

A computer has become an essential gadget in every household and is no more a luxury. Without computers, you will find it hard to stay connected and to even do the work required of you in college or in the office. With so much computer packages being shoved to us every time we go to department stores and computer shops, you’ll really get quite confused on what you really need and what computer package will fit your budget and lifestyle. To help you through this problem, here are a few useful guidelines that will help you make the right decision before buying a computer.

RAM

RAM (Random Access memory) is perhaps the most important factor to consider when buying your computer.

RAM will greatly determine the speed of your computer. How fast it will process your multiple tasks. You must make sure you have enough for your needs. 1GB memory is the standard but try to afford 2GB of memory space that is preferable.

Also it may be wise to buy a computer with upgradeable memory – since new applications, multi windowed browsers; streaming video… of the very near future may place high demand on your computer’s RAM.

PROCESSORS

Processor is the heart of your computer. Intel Dual core is the front runner in this area right now. However, American Micro Devices (AMD) is giving Intel some stiff competition in the dual core battle with its Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core processor. In shopping for a processor, one should consider the following:  Read more...

In this era of technology almost every person are well aware of the importance of Computer. Nowadays Computer can be found in most of the houses; but considering the factors such as portability and mobility, the notebook computer is in great demand over the resent years.

Notebooks or laptop computers are small, compact, portable computers. Depending on the size, Laptop computers weight between two to eighteen pounds. An externally connected adapter is used for running Laptops or they run on a single battery. Notebook battery packs need to recharge after which they may be used for power back up for few hours.

Notebook computers have many advantages over personal computer. Notebook is an particularly lightweight as compare to personal computer. One major difference between the personal computer and notebook computer is the display. Different technologies and techniques is being used to produce display screens that are very lightweight.

Normally Notebook computers come with a built in keyboard and a touchpad, for input. An external keyboard or mouse may also be used instead of the built in components. Notebook computers normally have a LCD and use a different memory module from that of a desktop computer. The features of the screens vary from notebook to notebook. Most display screens for notebook computers have a VGA resolution which is 640×480 pixels with 16 or 256 colors.

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With the rapid pace of technological developments, nothing has become as ubiquitous as the computer. Everyone’s got one. And they are used for all manner of endeavour, by people of all walks of life. So, do you simply buy the computer that someone’s selling? Or do you do some homework and figure out what detailed specifications are going to make some difference to you?

At Myshopping.com.au you can compare the prices of a wide range of different computers from different vendors and of different specifications. This guide will help you find what you’re looking for.

Mac or Windows (PC)

At the outset, you need to decide what you are going to use the computer for. This will help you make the fundamental decision of whether you should go Mac or PC. Although, with the advent of the dual core processor (an Intel chip now used by Mac) the differences are narrowed a little, there are still some choices that can help you favour one system over another. Historically, Mac computers have a reputation for greater stability that comes from a more robust operating system than Windows based computers. Largely for this reason, Macs have been the computer of choice for the graphic design industry, the music production industry and the video production industry. This has prompted the software manufacturers to make professional software packages for these disciplines that favour the Mac operating system. Although they have packages supporting the Windows operating system, they are often less capable.  Read more...

The idea of purchasing a personal computer may be appealing to a lot of people, however they may feel undecided as weather to go for a traditional desktop computer or for a light weight portable notebook. Several aspects should be taken into consideration as for the purposes of such acquisition. If the main purpose of buying a computer is for occasional use, regardless if it is for work or entertainment activities, one may consider buying a traditional desktop computer taking in consideration that its price is usually lower than the portable version.

The maintenance and eventual upgrade of a desktop computer is also much easier to perform and less costly. If the buyer is looking to spend the least amount of money, definitely the desktop computer models offer more choices of finding better deals weather it is used or new. One may look around the local computer stores for special deals or may consider browsing the many possibilities offered online stores.

Perhaps the greatest feature a desktop computer has is the fact that quite often it can be upgraded and personalized to suit the user needs without having to be sent back to the manufacturer. In most cases a local authorized computer store can perform the technical changes or upgrades to satisfaction. The desktop computers are meant for work and leisure as well and regardless of its configuration or how fast it can perform, it seems that it became an everyday tool of modern times.  Read more...