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Which PC or laptop to purchase? |
PC, desktop, workstation:It depends most on your needs. Higher price does not always mean better quality.If you want ordinary home PC suitable for surfing the Internet, collecting e-mails, listening music, using office and watching movies, configuration of the AMD 3000+, 500-1000 MB ram, standard graphic card, hard disk of 100 GB and DVD burner is efficient. If
you need a PC to play games or 3D graphics and video processing, that
requires stronger hardware. What exactly characteristics should be, it
is hard to say until we know detailed description of your needs and
financial capabilities. Laptop:The same as with desktop, choosing laptop depends on your needs and purpose, with difference that you can forget some serious gaming because laptops mostly have weak graphic cards. Serious video processing and 3D graphics are not possible unless you have a very powerful laptop that would cost minimum €2000 Next thing you need to considere is the quality of materials laptop is made of. Some laptops are made of materials that stronger pressure and handling would damage or deform. |
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Which Windowse to use? |
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This question seems simple, but in practice it isn't. Although Vista is the latest version, it is the worst possible solution. Microsoft has continued its well-established tradition that each new version of Windows has more security holes than the previous one, heavier weight and more demanding hardware. By Vista they really strike down all the records. To work normally, it is necessary to have quite strong hardware, for instance, minimaly 2 times stronger than for Windows XP, but you still won't get any better quality, or what so ever. Moreover Vista is so bad and poor in quality that you get downgrade license with it. Downgrade license allows you to install Windows XP instead of installing Windows Vista. Read more about it in the article Certified For Windows Vista. If, however, you go for Vista, be ready that your PC may be slower, which depends on hardware you have, your room program may not work and it is possible that some drivers you won't find. My recommendation would be Windovs XP. If you have two PCs, on one of them you could install Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE) or Unix (PC-BSD) that are completely free and much more stable and more secure than Windows.Read more about it at PC security |
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Which programs to use? |
Types of applications under license Programs could be divided into open source or open code, freeware or free classical and commercial applications. An example of open source software is OpenOffice. This is a set of office applications: So when you download OpenOffice, you may use it free of charge and scrutinize or modify the code. His opposite is Microsoft Office, which is a closed code and in Croatia, in 2008. will be charged approximately €337. Imagine that you're a small company with about 10 PC's. On each of them you can fully install free OpenOffice and use it just as good and even better than Microsoft Office. You can open documents created in Microsoft Office and record them in native format, or you can buy Microsoft Office 10 licenses that will cost you about €3370. What is better and more intelligent? The example of freeware program is μTorrent. You may use it free of charge but you won't have insight into the code and you are not allowed to change it. What are the importances of Open Source software?Apart from those you see at first sight, that they are 100% free, there are several more reasons. Recommendations for softwarePrograms listed below are mostly Open Source and freeware. Under "OS" listed below you can see which software works for what kind of operating system.
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PC security |
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Although you have antivirus, anti spyware, etc. the fact is that you are never 100% sure that you cannot get infected. I have another suggestion. If You have 2 PC's, one of them install Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE) or Unix (PC-BSD) that are completely free and much more stable and more secure than Windows. Turn off Windows PC from the Internet and turn on Linux/Unix. |
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