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Computer Buying
Purchasing a personal computer is a major decision and requires a lot of research. Arm yourself with information about PCs, Macs and software by asking questions here.
1,758 Questions
Is merry hill shopping centre open bank holiday monday 5th?
Yes it is open: Good Friday 9am - 9pm Saturday 9am - 7pm Closed Easter Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holiday Monday
List 10 advantages of computer?
1. It helps you automate various tasks that you can not do manually.
2. It helps you organize your data and information in a better way.
3. It has much more computing and calculating power then an ordinary human.
4. It may help your work to be a lot easier.
5. It may be the storage of your important data and files.
6. It may be your handy book.
7. It may help you solve problems faster than an ordinary human being can do.
8. It has speed, storage, reliability, consistency and communications.
9. It helps you to find useful information using the Internet.
10. It helps in businesses, factories, offices, schools and homes.
How are computers better than teachers?
computers are better than teachers because they correct your mistakes. they have social networking . computers don't make errors but teachers . you can play play learning games which is much better than reading books and getting it . the textbook's information is copied from the computer . teachers have a habit of scolding and hitting which is very rare . actually teachers learn from computers. As [some people say] that if current is not there computers don't work but i think current is something that goes and come backs in 1minute so why worries ! computers can repeat , nowadays people are using computers more than than listining to teachers . so instead of going to school you can use information of computers and more .
By, sushil
Why has the internet grown over the years?
The Internet has changed in many ways like it has become more easier to get, more people can afford to buy it. You don't need cords that get in the way to have the Internet, Wireless connection access through a router. Online shopping, below are the innovations of the Internet.
1969- Birth of Internet.
1972- Introduction of email.
1973- Design of control panel/ Internet protocol, useful in Internet connection.
1981- Development of disk operating system.
1984- Domain keys were launched. ex .com, .gov, .org.
1985- American online debut.
1989- Tim Berners lee invents WWW.
1996- Internet was used by 45 million people.
1998- First office of search engine, Google, was set up.
2002- 544.2 million people used the Internet.
2005- You tube was launched.
2006- Number of websites 92 million.
2007- 1.114 billion people used the Internet.
And lots more!
How do you get WiFi for laptops?
you have to have a wireless modem and an active DSL connection.
Okay, I am just starting with this thing, . What is a wireless modem . I what to feed of my neighbors wireless connection.
What fan is compatible with gigabyte ga-965p-ds3?
Most DDR2 800, or better (e.g. DDR2 1066) should work, but to be sure that the RAM is compatible with the the motherboard, you can check the gigabyte webpage and download the PDF of compatible RAM-
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2314
What technology was invented in 1993?
- The Pentium microprocessor introduced by Intel.
- Windows NT 3.1 released by Microsoft
- The World Wide Web was born at CERN
- Dyson sells the first bagless cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner
- The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is founded by Ian Murdock.
- The first cloning of a Human Embryo by 2 American Scientists.
Why is it important to have an indicate light on a surge suppressor for your computer?
Answer Most of the surge suppressor indicator lights only show if the power is present and turned on. It does not add any other functionality in terms of surge suppression. Only if a particular model indicator shows that there was a surge on power line, it makes it more useful for the user as person can investigate reason or surge if it is happening repeatedly. Iindicator should be clearable manually by user.
- Neeraj Sharma
"...it's important a surge supressor has a light indicator that says the supressor part of the device is still working. Otherwise, you might not have protection" A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining your PC (page 161) -MonkGizmo
That indicator light cannot report all failures. Normal failure mode for a protector is to degrade. That light cannot report a degraded protector. That light only reports that a surge, much too large for the protector, caused its thermal fuse to disconnect protector parts as fast as possible. To avert a fire. That light can only report a type of failure that says a protector was grossly undersized. And a potential threat to human life if that fuse did not blow fast enough.
Two make work easier for those who work on computer but use to travell a lot. By the help of lap top now they can do work while traveling and it is also use by others as potable personal computer easy to carry :)
What does it mean for a laptop to be bluetooth enabled?
This means that it includes a Bluetooth transceiver. Bluetooth is a wireless networking standard used to connect different devices, such as mobile phones and headsets. Having a Bluetooth-enabled laptop would allow you to transfer pictures from a similarly equipped cellphone, and possibly even use the phone to connect to the internet.
Why is a Mac better for graphic design?
I've been on PCs all my life, used Macs all through school, and now own a macBook which I dual boot between Mac OS Lion & Windows 7. I can honestly say that they both do the exact same things. Whichever you get used to is what you'll prefer.
If you can't get a mac or a PC to do what you require, it either can't be done on a computer, or you haven't bothered to look it up.
Smaller software selection on the mac (mentioned in an answer below) is not due Apple just being pickier; it's due to more people programming for windows because more people have windows machines. Less choice is never a better thing, except when it comes to viruses.
As for the "easier renaming" thing mentioned below, to me this puts the person's entire answer into question. If you want to rename a file on the PC, you hit F2. It's that easy. The person didn't know this and didn't bother to research it. People like this should not be answering questions as if they know something.
HONESTLY, and in closing, If you're not into shopping around and finding the very best item to suit your needs, just get a mac. The hardware is great, and you can boot to windows if you have software that needs to run in it.
If you know what you're looking for and have specific hardware or software needs, you already know you need a PC. They're both good at what they do.
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ITS NOT! apple has a wonderful MARKETING PROGRAM TO MAKE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO LEARN ABOUT COMPUTERS THINK MAC COMPUTERS ARE BETTER. THAT'S WHY IF YOU WALK INTO A STUDIO, ART OR MUSIC AND SEE MACS ITS NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE BETTER IT'S THAT PEOPLE MAKING MUSIC AND DOING ART WORK DON'T BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE THE HARDWARE OR OPERATING SYSTEM OF THERE COMPUTERS THEY JUST DIVE INTO WHATEVER IS POPULAR.
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At my job I have both a Mac and a Windows machine. I swear by the Mac and AT the Windows machine--and I am very, very proficient in Windows.
Why I think the Mac is better for graphic design:
1. It's better with large files and folders containing a lot of large files, especially the ones I deal with--I regularly deal with 1.5GB Photoshop files. That's not a typo--a gig and a half for ONE file, and sometimes I have a folder with 20 copies of that file in it. This much traffic will choke any PC I have ever seen. The Mac just whips right through it.
2. A lot of programs on the PC--CorelDraw comes to mind quickly--keep all their data internally as RGB and convert to CMYK when you print. That's an okay workflow fifteen years ago, when everything was sent to imagesetters separated. Nowadays, all workflows are composite and if you dump an RGB file into a composite workflow the colors will come out really strange. I did an experiment with my workflow--I took two copies of a file, converted one to RGB and one to CMYK, and ran them side-by-side on cheap vinyl. You'd have sworn they were completely different files.
3. It's easier to rename a file in the Mac Finder than it is in the Windows Explorer. It sounds petty, but when you've got 500 files in a job and they've all got weird names, being able to rename them quickly is a godsend. On a Mac I can hit down-arrow, press Return and type in the filename I want. If I press down-arrow and hit Return on a PC, the file opens.
4. Only the best software finds its way to the Mac. I was in an electronics store one day and looked at the "graphics" software. They had six different greeting card programs, nine different fake page layout programs, a whole slew of digital camera photo editors... Right now you're saying, so what? Well, the "so what" is that there are freelancers out there attempting to make a living with this garbage. They'll get a job that should be set in something real, like InDesign, and attempt to set the thing in MyPageCreator or whatever. Then they dump the files it creates on production and tell them, "here you are, you make it work." And you've got your boss, and HIS boss, and the person who's paying for you to print the magazine, drumming their fingers on the lid of your half-million-dollar platesetter which isn't running because every time you send a MyPageCreator file to print it crashes the whole machine. And you can't get it out into something like Illustrator because the one time you tried it, it managed to shove ALL the type on the page into a column one letter wide. Yes, I'm production-centric here but the point is clear: you can't select the wrong tools if you run a Mac because they don't make them for the Mac. There are advantages to not having quite as wide a selection of software.
5. Macs handle type better.
6. It's easier to find graphics-specific tech support if you've got a Mac. It is EXTREMELY rare to find a Windows IT guy who knows anything about this very complex software. If you find someone who really knows graphics, he's probably running a Mac.
7. Macs produce cleaner PostScript than Windows machines do. All high-end graphics output devices run the PostScript page description language. Windows PostScript can totally hang a RIP; Mac PostScript runs much more cleanly.
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I am close friends with a graphic designer who bought a mac only because his school uses macs and he needed to have his work in mac formats. For serious work he used his custom made PC running similar software at much faster speeds than any mac for a fraction of the price.
MAC = HYPE! do your homework. Musicians and Artists spend little time researching what they buy. There too busy making wonderful art.
MACs don't get viruses and are less likely to get hacked because most hackers and virus makers live in emerging nations just joining the information age and because macs are ridiculously overpriced. A PC is a much more cost effective medium for victimizing unsuspecting computer users in the western world. As these foreign nations develop their middle class and Macs become more cost effective Apple will lose this major selling point.
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I have worked as a production artist for over 15 years at ad agencies and production houses. Started doing graphics in a hybrid PC/Mac environment and even back then on a Performa Mac running some version of OS 9 the Mac was smoother running Adobe products.
Over the years as my career progressed, I found myself in only Mac environments where I couldn't compare against the PC until now.
I worked in print production my whole career and only recently was hired to do production at an entirely web based design company. They have us working only on a PC. We are running XP. I have no idea how anyone can say this is a superior work environment. I have to restart my computer at least once a day. It gets choked up working on simple 72 dpi images. I would cry if I had to open a 1.5 gig file like I used to do in my print production days as the 2nd answer described.
I have to keep multiple programs open at a time. On my Mac that was never an issue. I could run photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, Quark, Word, Excel and a web browser all at the same time, constantly get back to my desktop and work happily all day without interruption. Not now on the PC. It is infuriating. If I keep half of these programs open and try to work back and forth between them all it cannot handle it. Plus, now I am not even running as many graphics programs. Usually I only have photoshop open along with excel and a web browser. It is amazing to me how often Excel will shut down the whole system. Excel! A program that was made by a windows based company. Excel kills my PC more than anything. Photoshop is so clunky and unnatural in a PC environment. It just feels wrong. Retouching is a joke on a PC. Photoshop is this wonderful intuitive program that is so smooth and easy to work with on a Mac. You put it on a PC and it looses all its wonderful benefits. I would cry if I had to do major high end retouching on the PC. I would quit my job if they asked me to do it.
Macs superiority for graphic design is a no brainer. PCs should just stick with business and get out of the graphic design industry completely. Course if you need excel in your business you may want to get a Mac too. Apparently excel is much too complicated for a PC to handle either.
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Short answer: They aren't. There are no significant differences between Macs and PCs at this point, the hardware is largely identical, and frankly, the same amount of money will buy you more PC than a Mac. Answer: Here is the deal. Myself a Im a graphic artist. They are BOTH equal Maybe before in the cavemen days MAC were different, better. Now with the processors PC have they are EQUAL to MAC. If you like MAC then get a MAC or PC get a PC, but to say one is better for this or what NO!. I had old PC for 10 years and it run Photoshop NO PROBLEM at all!. Now I have a MAC why? Because I got a newer ADOBE software. Like someone said before up top. You can get MORE PC than a MAC for the money. We have Both at my work MAC and PC both run the programs great, also both has issues. Now let me say this. LOOKS no question MAC wins every time! If you like a better looking computer get a MAC!
Which laptop is better HP or Gateway?
It can depend on many factors, of course, including the precise model. I would recommend researching the exact model you want, just Google it and see what comes up. Read through some forums and see if people report a lot of problems. There will ALWAYS be people who complain about a laptop because of their bad experience and there will always be people who say it's the greatest. Look for overall general trends. In all honesty, though, HP and Gateway have two of the absolute highest failure rates among all laptop manufacturers. They may have been improving that slightly, but it's good to bear in mind. If it comes down to it, when the study was done, Gateway had slightly lower failure rates than HP but both are in the top percentile.
Is laptop better than desktop?
People are buying laptops as desktop replacements more and more nowadays, primarily for the convenience and because laptops have performance and technology levels entirely on par with all but the highest-end desktops, so why not have something portable, etc. In the future, it is likely that desktops and laptops will no longer be distinct and that all computers will be made primarily as what we call "laptops" today, with options for adding larger screens and keyboards when sitting at a desk.
How much is a sony VAIO laptop?
In a nutshell? Way, much more than they ever should! Or need to! I think Wik. P.,hit the nail right on the head when they said that they were way more 'overbuilt' than they need to be. AND because of that, I think they have also had WAY more systemic issues with failing systems, and programs, and utilities, than Sony would like to talk about. (At least imyhb) I picked up a used VGN-FS series, and it has been one thing right after another since I got it. And because of the way their systems and software and utilities are all bundled together, every thing that kicks on it turns out to be a MAJOR nightmare that ends up taking huge amounts of time to fix. First it was the sound, then the touchpad crapped out, Then, of course, I had huge probs getting the Vaio to "see" any of the peripherals I had plugged into it's handy-dandy 4 USB ports. I have a portable external floppy, and a mouse, or 2, (that I now NEEDED to have cuz of the touchpad). Of course none of them would work when plugged into the Vaio. They worked GREAT on any of the dozen or so, pc's I've used em on; took 5-10 sec's, went "bink", and worked fine! So be prepaired for long hours of re-loading drivers, and configuring utilities. And DON'T expect Sony tec support to help you out too much either. It was ALMOST more work to get tech support to pay attention, and try and get somebody who knows about this stuff. I would have to say they were about as much help as drought insurance in New Orleans. In fact, that Vaio, (that I started warmly referring to as "H.A.L.") IS still messed up.
I'm sorry, Dear, what was it you were asking now, "How much $$ is a VAIO???"..........
Right now, pc computers range in price. From low ones in the 3 hundreds and a lot more expensive ones that are up to $1,500. There are many computer companies that sell computers in this price range. Many are very good companies
How do you put a mini CD in a laptop Acer?
most of the smaller laptops (net books) dont have a disc drive which is where you put your disc in sorry mate. because they are just so small and thin that it would be near impossible to have one. If you really wanted you could buy a USB disc drive
Where can you buy laptops for less?
You can find quality lap tops for less on discount sites such as Overstock which usually carry a quality laptop at a discounted price. It may not be the latest to hit the market, but if you are looking for basic laptop functions, it will fit the bill.
What the average cost of computer monitor?
The cost of a computer monitor can vary depending on the quality and brand. The cost would also be determined on your needs. Computer monitors can start as low as $100 and can go well over $1000.
A CPU performance can be measured in?
GHz
Wrong. The performance of a CPU is measured in MiPs or MFLOPS
The clock speed of a processor is in GHz, but does next to nothing in determining the actual performance of a processor. A 4GHz pentium 4 can't even shake a stick at a modern-day processor clocked at 3GHz.
Can i use a hp monitor with a Dell computer?
Yes. Just make sure that the connector will fit (eg both monitor and PC are VGA or DVI). a VGA monitor will work on a DVI computer through an adaptor, but a DVI monitor will not work on a VGA computer.
What store has the best laptops?
Top Ten Reviews has a great list of gaming laptops for 2011 available at http://computers.toptenreviews.com/gaming-laptops/. The number one rated gaming computer listed is the Battalion 101 X8100-U3. I have a MacBook Pro 15" (#5 on the list) and have been very happy playing a variety of online games including World of Warcraft.
What is the best desktop to use at home?
when you say best im assuming fastest and most powerful, right. well the best desktops out there are mostly and mainly gaming computers. these have awesome performance, since because they're engineered for high-speed gaming. so i can guarantee these are the best for gaming, working and general tasking. but they can range up to $10, 000 (7,549.39 EUR). so the best would be the DigitalStorm Cryo-Tec or the Cyberpower Fang III Black Mamba. but you can upgrade even further BEFORE purchase. you can even double the price.
