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5 Tips for buying a laptop

As computers, the internet and social media become an integral part of many peoples business and social lives, more and more people are thinking of buying a laptop. The following 5 tips will help you decide which laptop you should buy.

Tip 1 Need.

In order to decide exactly which Laptop you should buy, you need to consider what you will  need the laptop for. If you are looking for a machine to browse the internet and type a few letters then you probably don’t need to remortgage your house. However if you are thinking of using the laptop for graphic design of photo editing then you will need to look for something with a large clear screen with a reasonable Graphics capability. Or perhaps you are thinking of using the laptop to edit large amount films and audio then you will need to look at a high end systems with a fast CPU, large hard drive, 4mb RAM, and excellent graphics. With this in mind you will be able to specify your budget.

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Buy, Buy, Microsoft????

Not any more. Alternatives to Microsoft Office

As a small businesses software can be an expensive cost, especially when starting out. Implementing systems that deal with the day to day running of the business takes time and money. Money that could easily be invested in more important ways like marketing or development. How can we setup our businesses and implement all the software services we need

There are many Open Source alternatives to the products Microsoft offer to the world all of which are free, simple to install and easy to use.

The most common package used by businesses is the Microsoft Office suite. This has proven to be hugely popular in providing all the tools we need to produce documents, organise and analyses numbers, generate presentations and record data. Read the rest of this entry »

4 Steps to Secure your data.

We all store lots of important information on our computers, simple things like shopping lists, to much more important data like bank account details. We also spend hours using our computers online, where they are venerable to virus attacks and hackers. So what do we need to do to keep our data safe?

First of all you need to install a firewall. This is software that prevents unauthorized or unwanted communications between computers. Conveniently firewall software is included with most operating system. You just need to make sure it is turned on. Read the rest of this entry »

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