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34 THE RURAL VOICE
AgriTech
Sizing up new
computers
By Janice Becker
It grinds and whirs. I sit and wait
for what seems like hours. Finally, it
is ready to go.
Sound familiar. The inability to run
programs and speed, or lack of, may
be the biggest complaints from fre-
quent computer users.
With a Pentium 133 that is almost
four years old, mine has made it to
the time when it is either upgrade or
buy a new system.
And it is not that my machine
doesn't work and eventually does
what I request, it just takes so long to
get there.
So, with the winter season of
indoor endeavours on our doorstep
and Christmas just around the corner,
I thought now would be a good time
to find out what buyers should be
asking when visiting the computer
store.
Kevin Nichol, owner of Microman
in Listowel, said customers usually
ask first the question which should be
thought of last.
"Price is always first," he said.
They should consider their business
or family needs before looking for a
computer.
Nichol suggests visiting a few rep-
utable shops for comparison, not a
big box store. Also, be prepared to
answered the salesperson's questions.
When selecting a system, buyers
should know if the computer is main-
ly for word processing, running
accounting programs for a small busi-
ness, internet access or if the family
will be playing a lot of graphic -inten-
sive games. These are the things that
help determine the computer equip-
ment required.
Computer shop owners can often
spend time with the client, showing
them how the system works, how to
get in and out of programs and how
to set it up at home.
Nichol said most customers prefer
to purchase an entire package with all
the selected programs loaded and
ready to go. Most include a printer,
with many purchasers also opting for
a scanner and writeable CD-ROM.
The CD -R is used mainly for back-