October 05, 2018 - 
Computer Tips,Things You Should Know
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Computer Tips,Things You Should Know
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10 Things to Consider in Buying Out Computers
1.
Purpose or Use of
computer
Planning to purchase
computer needs to be clear in its purpose or use of computer so as not to waste
your money. Meeting the purpose must be the top priority in purchasing computer.
Purchasing computers which not have been planned, evaluated, and reviewed is a
waste of money.
Some say that there
is still room for improvement, technically yes, but the question is what will
you do to the components replaced due to change of plan? It’s good if the
component itself is damaged or noted for replacement. What if the unit itself
is for total replacement because it does meet the purpose?
Having computer in
an early stage (budget) does not guarantee total satisfaction of the purpose.
It is even better to purchase computer late that meets its purpose than
purchasing one for later waste.
The question now, is
the computer will be used in the office, laboratory class, multimedia creation
purposes, programming services or an internet access facility?
2.
Laptop vs Desktop
If the intend purpose of the
computers are for laboratory students, you can then decide to be desktop
computers. But some university are already migrating their standard to use
laptop even in laboratory classes.
A user can also
asked himself, what will be the working environment of the soon purchased
computer? Am I going to travel from one station to the other, will my client
require the stations to be movable or fixed?
In terms of power consumption,
which one is better than the other? Technically the answer is laptop for it has
standby power that the user can use for a number of hours over desktop computers and it has low power consumption in electricity.
3.
Operating System to
use
Selecting which
Operating System to install on your computer is a vital consideration on
purchasing computer. As either you are going to join the group of Mac, Linux or
the dominant Windows Operating System. Each operating system has its own
unique features that a user may consider to.
Establishing the
computer platform allows the user to select which software are to be installed
as either proprietary or free and open source software’s.
4.
Technical Specifications
The better specifications your computer have the better performance you can expect from
its end. Able to know and identify the best specifications of your computer is
an ideal step in purchasing computer.
Investing the best
components of your computer allows your targeted clients or computer purpose
fit is total satisfaction.
Meeting the purpose
of your computer is the ultimate goal of your computer specifications, than
having best component installed and never be use.
The
Motherboard:
Selecting your computer motherboard is a vital choice that one needs to take,
the ability to support bios update, its built-in components, the more the user
friendly BIOS settings has and its room for improvement for storage devices,
computer accessories, and computer upgrades.
The
Processor: Having the best processor on your computer
allow the computer to performs its purpose.
Memory:
Setting the best memory to support your
processor speed allow computer to perform its purpose.
Storage
Device: Selecting
the appropriate type of Hard Disk Drive, as either to be PATA or SATA is the
best consideration to take in storage device. Storage capacity should be
determine as well based on the user planned activity or the purpose the
computer to be purchase.
Having a secondary
storage device is also an important consideration to take in backing up
important files of the computer. It allows the user to prevent loss of data as
well in case the computer crashes.
Having cloud storage
account as well is a vital aspect in storage device, you can try google drive
or mediafire which offer file storage for free at 50gb depending on the user
account.
Video
Card:
Considering the purpose of your computer, you can set what specifications your
video card should have. If you are into gaming, graphics design and multimedia
presentations you should consider that video card is able to support high
graphics display so as not to have pixilated screen or hanging up during the
game.
Having the built-in
video card is good for office and personal use.
Optical
Drive: Why
you need an Optical Drive? Is the computer will be placed on laboratory room or
for personal, business and office use? If you are able to determine the purpose
of your computer you can then decide if you are going to have an optical drive
or not.
Having an optical
drive in the laboratory class only led your computer system to be more fragile.
Sound
Card: Other
user would want to have their system to be loud during multi-media presentation
or entertainment activity even without the aid of speaker.
Sound card are
associated to its specific sound driver that is required to be installed in the
computer.
Sound card are
replaceable in case of failure or defective component. Please contact your
technical administrator to administer the service.
Network
Card: The
ability of computer to communicate over network devices as either to be wireless
or local connection. Ensuring you have
the network driver installed in order for it to perform properly.
Network card are
replaceable in case of failure or defective component. Please contact your
technical administrator to administer the service.
Bluetooth:
It
has been an important consideration in purchasing computer as well. It’s
ability to send and receive file through Bluetooth connections. Bluetooth also
allow user to play its content from Bluetooth connected device while having the
computer to be the speaker of it.
5.
Accessories
Some computer
accessories are optional during the computer purchase as it can be purchased
separately from the computer unit.
Monitor: Size of monitor
also let the user sets its look and feel in its computer use. Some would prefer
to use the standard size of the computer 15.6” while other for purposes of
multimedia, gaming and graphics design would love to purchase large monitor.
Types of monitor
such as LED, LCD and VGA differ on its size, quality of rendering images on-screen
and the power consumption.
Printers: Selecting the
appropriate printer is quite a good choice. Some would prefer printer that is
capable to customization like converting the printer into Continuous-Ink-System
(it will void it printer warranty).
Some would purchase
printer to be genuine in its purpose and safekeeping its company warranty
service. Using only genuine ink assigned to specific model of printer.
Right now we do have
all-in-one printer that is capable of printing, copying, scanning, and sending
fax documents.
Flash
Drive: Also
considered to be secondary storage device.
6.
Software
After selecting the
operating system for your computer you can then now decide on which of the
following common software’s you need to install. Some software require
proprietary license that you need to purchase while some can be installed for
free such as free and open source software’s(FOSS).
Processing
Documents:
Microsoft Office, LibreOffice,
QuickOffice
Image Processing: Adobe Photoshop, Xara Designer, GIMPShop, Corel Softwares
Anti-Virus:
Avast, AVG,
Programming
Languages:
Visual Studio, PHP, C, Java
Web
Browsers: Mozilla, Google
Chrome, Internet Explorer
Video
Editing:
Ulead, After
Effects, ProShow, Adobe Captivate
Audio
Editing:
Audacity, Vogone,
Databases: XAMPP, MAMPP, LAMPP
Entertainment: VLC Player, Flash
Player, MPC Player, Cyberlink,
PDF: Adobe Reader, Nitro
Pro
Multimedia: MAYA
You can contact
service technician to have other required software installed on your computer.
7.
Brand vs model
Brand does not
guarantee computer performance on its usage. Brand only signifies the amount of
royalty tax that the user is able to pay to its company. Instead of focusing on
the brand, check the technical specifications of the computer on how it will
perform on its specific use. You can also check its computer model review.
8.
Price
After taking into
consideration the previous items, you are now ready to evaluate if it match
your budget. Other company set the
standard, best money can buy but other organization set the standard the lowest
price bid. It is your personal choice what standard are you adapting to in
purchasing a computer. Otherwise if you are in an organization, you just need
to follow the standard being set in purchasing computers.
9.
Warranty
One of the best services
a company could provide aside from its after sales support is its service warranty
and unit warranty. You can check the computer warranty based on the company
issued receipt and the product information as you unbox the item.
Power user always
secures the item to be fully functional in a span of warranty period.
Note: Warranty seal must
not be broken within the warranty period for it will void the warranty and
cause the user to pay for a certain amount of service.
10. Computer
Review
Before setting the
GO signal in purchasing the computer, make sure you are able to check its
computer review. Try to analyze the feedbacks of different users based on the
model you are about going to purchase. Purchasing a computer is a vital
decision to take, it is not about the budget you are going to let go but the
quality of the product you are going to purchase.
If planning to
purchase assembled computer, checks computer parts review as well, how does its
components perform to be compatible with the other components. Computer
architecture are then need to be considered in the assemble computer as either
to be an open architecture or to be of closed architecture.
Computer Upgrades will
depend on the computer architecture your computer have.
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