How to buy a computer without tearing your hair out.
Saturday Evening Post › Vol. 265 Nbr. 4, July 1993
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People who desire to purchase computers need to consider many factors before actually spending their money. Considerations include testing several computers, determining the needs of the users, evaluating warranties and references, software needs and cost.See the full content of this document
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How to buy a computer without tearing your hair out.
Not long ago, my friend Jonathan decided to buy a computer to use in his small business. He spent hours at the library checking ratings and reading the ads in computer magazines and spent even more time fending off hard-sell salespeople in stores and on the phone. Ten days after he started his search, he announced that he wasn't going to buy a computer after all. "I'm going to buy a car instead," he said. "Then I'm going to drive to a friend's house and use her computer."
There are two basic types of first-time computer buyers: people like Jonathan who intend to use their computers to automate their small businesses, and people like my mother-in-law Phillis, who would use her computer for writing letters, balancing her checkbook, making household budgets, and keeping statistics for her tennis club. Wi...See the full content of this document
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