Thursday, July 8, 2010

Beginner Guides: Buying a Computer


Here's how you think, to begin buying computer? Here, suppose you want to buy a computer, but nothing in this do not understand. Where do you start?

Many shoppers buy local advertising newspaper and begin to learn in a row all advertisements relating to selling computers. Incidentally, at present these papers successfully replace advertisements on the Internet. If time permits, tour the many computer shops in town and collect them in prices. However, I do not know why? Probably, the habit remained with the school to collect paper for recycling. Maybe these people think they can independently choose a qualified computer for a price list?.

Understand, sellers shops that make up the price lists, you are much better versed in computers. They were well aware of competitors' prices and constantly compare them. I assure you, dial pack price lists and buried in them you will likely not be able to make the right choice. Believe me, the elementary search of the lowest prices will not give you the desired result.

A lot of this guess, so start buying a computer that seek out friends "specialists" (who seem to be as versed in computers), and start with them intensively consulted. As a rule, "Spices" - are either employees of the workplace, are responsible for computers in the organization, or programmers, too, with the work. Sometimes it's friends of friends, working IT staff or even mere acquaintances or friends who have already purchased a computer and are considered to have advanced IT staff.

Without belittling qualified programmers and software developers in different organizations, I still want to note that seeking advice from such people is not the best option. Why? The fact is that a person serving 10 or 20 computers in any organization, as a rule, except that the circle no more see. I'm not saying that he was behind the times, no. Surely he studied magazines, Internet publications, and certainly knows about the latest updates, but, unfortunately, he could not feel his hands all this, check out live.

Very, very often, it just shows that these "consultants" thought patterns in their care of 10 computers, and the Council, as a rule, something that regularly read in magazines. Typically, this extravagance, of which these people ever dream of, but can not afford. These are people Maximalists not originating from the realities of cost / utility of a computerized piece of iron, but of how much this piece of iron squeezes in such and such a test in some magazines.

C programmers even worse: they are good guys, professionals and hackers are just, but sometimes they absolutely do not know what makes up their own computer. And, most importantly, they are often not interested in how much it all worth it. When buying a computer for the money these people have no value. And for you?

You may ask: "Vitaly, but what do I do?" If I'm in computers do not understand anything, and you say that no one should be consulted, how do then at all? ". Get real, I do not want to tell you that absolutely no one did not need to ask and no one should be consulted. But, unfortunately (and I do this very often faced and still face) many "Special" "consultants" are completely unable to properly and competently advise computer for sale. Therefore, in the extreme case, if you decide to someone for advice, it is best not to rely on the opinion of one person, and listen to a few.

From the same series of "consultants" advisers "- periodicals, including the already mentioned computer magazines. Again, I'm not suggesting you not to read them, no. Of course, sometimes very helpful to receive news about the latest in the field of computers. But we must carefully evaluate the articles in computer magazines, and remember that all these articles are usually written metropolitan journalists (emphasis on the word "capital"), whose respective capitals wages, and in connection with this particular line of thought, almost like programmers. Almost all journalists covering computer topics, as a rule, too maximalists who are only interested in the frequency, core and test results. And the last thing they care about price.

Stop! Here again, a small timeout. After the last paragraph, perhaps you have an idea: "Here, they say, there came a provincial upstart who has the most money there, so now would be to advise the cheapest. But, in fact, I'm not going to advise you the cheapest, not at all. I proceed from the notion that buying a computer should be reasonable and good. That is why the computer need to buy based on your goals.

Let's take an analogy, and you will immediately understand what is being peq. Suppose you decide to buy a car. Immediately a question for you - and why not buses? Buy, for example, such a "Mercedes" two-storey, trunk below a large, powerful engine, etc. I am not talking about the price. In general, with a stock take, "the future". But consider this: why do you go home bus? " And in this example, you know perfectly well that you DO NOT NEED Double-Decker bus and you are home enough ordinary small car.

But with computers the situation is completely reversed. Each buyer for some reason tends to buy a computer "on the margin. Although the situation is completely the same: Why buy a bus if enough small car. I repeat once again (excuse me, if someone took this phrase, but): the computer must be purchased based on your goals.

You can try the very popular in recent visualization method. That is, we must take a sheet of paper and a pen and write everything that you would like to see in your future computer. List all the tasks that you want to entrust your future computer. And in his own words, without any "smart" words and terms. The most basic words, as you understand this.

And then take another sheet of paper and list on it that you DO NOT need in your next computer, and then, without which you can easily do without.

Well, what to do if you do not know why there is a computer and how you want to use it. But just then and we have to turn to your consultants. You know what the main problem most beginners - people have asked the consultants: "What is now selling computers? Explain what model is better than they (computers) are different?" And it would be better to ask is: "'m here and what do computers and how they can use and what can I do with a computer?" And the best show to your counselor the same sheet of paper, in which you have listed the requirements for your future computer.

Incidentally in this formulation of the question Consultant will have a totally different think that you reply. And it is quite possible that he will recommend you the wrong item, which he himself had no money, and he will advise you exactly what you really need and right for your tasks.

But on the other hand, you might say: "So it's so easy! What complex that would list, for which you need a computer?" Uh-uh, do not say so. It is for many people, among other things, it is not very easy task. Let us consider this question with examples.

In any supermarket you can see, for example, a number of TV models, or, for example, vacuum cleaners. They all differ in certain technical characteristics and, of course, price. But no matter how much money did not differ, the TV will always be television. Models may vary design, screen size, however some additional features, but all of them have one of the most important task - receiving the signal from the television image and the reproduction of the images on the screen.

Same thing with vacuum cleaners - there are dust bag or not, washing a vacuum cleaner or not, the primary and fundamental task of any vacuum cleaner - collecting dust in your apartment. But to say what the main task at the computer is very difficult.

Yes, we can say that computer - a device to work with information. But information about the world around us is very, very different. It can be any documents, texts, books, abstracts. These can be photos, video, music, computer games, Internet, English language, programming, interior design, furniture design, car design, accountancy and more for the sea very different information.

And to work with different kinds of information, computers are still slightly differ. For example, if you want a computer to watch the same TV show (and the computer may be able to and it is), it is logical to assume that for this in your computer must have at least a connector for television antenna and the ability to process the signal. And if you do not want to watch TV on your computer, then you, this function does not need.

I certainly understand that you may not know much about computers, not only in themselves, but also in how they can be generally used. But for the optimal choice as a future PC purchases, we ought still to think and determine for yourself what you still want out of a future computer. And, at least roughly, identify the range of tasks that you are going to use it to decide.

And in order to determine this, just, and you can consult with knowledgeable people, and go shopping, to consult with vendors, listen to their opinions. And do not hesitate to ask as many questions to sellers. Do not be afraid to annoy them. Incidentally, you do not buy a stick of sausage. In addition, the computers you probably do not buy every year, so hurry in this matter is not needed.

That's when you decide the terms of the tasks for your computer, you and your consultants, and vendors in the store, and you alone will be a lot easier to pick up the final version of the computer. And that would do it correctly, you must understand, from which property consists of modern computers. But this is a topic for another article.

By: Toronto Escorts