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D-SHOW.CO.UK
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YOUR
COMPUTER FOR HOME AND OFFICE AT A MINIMUM COST
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Annotation
The
book provides an assessment of PC hardware and software.
It will assist you to choose a PC based on your requirements.
You will learn to install, set up and speed up the operation of OS
Windows.
You will also find out what tricks technology manufacturers use and
how not to let them make us pay more |
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Format
. . . . . . . . . . . À5
Namber of pages . . . 54 |
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Argument |
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About
this book
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The
purpose of this book was to explain to a wide audience what is a computer,
how do different computer models vary, what are operating systems
and their differences. The book was also aimed at assisting the readers
to understand the capabilities of equipment at their disposal or to
identify what equipment they need to fulfil their particular requirements.
That
is, if you know what technology you have you can determine what can
be achieved through its use. Similarly, if you know what you want,
you can determine what technology is needed to achieve it.
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About
computer technology.
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If
you, dear reader, need or simply want to purchase a computer for
your home or office, then you are usually faced with a decision
of a financial nature. It is often due to costs that many people
cannot necessarily buy the computers that they would like. However,
is this really a financial problem or is it sheer lack of information?
The
majority of PC users need neither new computers nor new software.
But they do not know about it. To understand this you do
not have to read more than half of this book – installation and
OS customization, and the following chapters are for those who are
interested in those specific topics.
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Operating
Systems.
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At
the beginning of the computer era Operating Systems (hereinafter
OS) did not exist at all. Then several dozen OS were created, of
which the most well-known and widespread in the world is MS-DOS
introduced by Microsoft in 1981. A large number of programs were
quickly created for this environment, which is probably what served
to popularize this OS. The first commercially successful Windows
3.1 was developed on the basis of DOS in 1990, then came Windows
95 and the subsequent versions Windows 98 and Windows ME. In 1993
Windows NT 3.1 came on the scene as well, which in some aspects
was better than Windows 95, for example, it worked with any memory
capacity, but it did not become widely-used because it could not
work with programs written for DOS and Windows 3...
By
2000 Windows 2000 was developed on the basis of Windows NT without
the NT’s main shortcomings. Then came Windows XP, Windows Vista
and Windows 7...
So
what are Operating Systems and their differences? Everyday users,
who trust the advertising, naturally wish to have the latest OS.
But do they need it?
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How to select the PC and its components.
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At
the beginning of the PC era this technology did not even have a reference
number which could be used to judge its capacity. IBM made significant
corrections of this issue and computers began to be called by the
processor number: 286, 386, 486. This number indicates the frequency
(speed) at which the processor works and is measured in Megahertz
(Mhz). Then came Pentium 1, 2, 3 and 4. The frequency of Pentium 3
could exceed 1000 Mhz (1 Ghz), while the frequency of Pentium 4 could
exceed 4 Ghz. The capacity of processors also increased from 8 bit
to 64 bit.
Modern
PCs use Pentium 4 with a capacity of 32 or 64 bit, and may contain
several cores – Core 2, 4, 6 |
About
PC manufactures and why they are the enemies of the consumers
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We
can talk about the manufacturers of computer technology endlessly,
and quite often, especially in recent years, some not so favourable
things are being said about some of them. Perhaps it may interest
the reader to hear the opinion of an expert in computer repair with
over 30 years’ experience. I will try to explain the issue
as briefly as possible.
First
of all, it is a fact that computer manufacturers have an agreement
with the
software manufacturers to make consumers spend as much as possible.
Together as well as separately they have become the enemies of the
consumers, not their friends. Their task is to obtain as much profit
as possible by any means possible, and friends, as you know, do
not do that.
I
hope that you will come to the same conclusion on the basis of the
facts stated below.
First
and foremost, any manufacture is interested in their own profit.
And what does a manufacturer need to obtain profit? To manufacture
and sell as many products as possible.
But,
as we have already said, it is impossible to produce the same product
indefinitely, because the market will become oversaturated, the
sales will fall and eventually the manufacture will have to be stopped.
But there are several methods to prevent this from happening.
The
first and the simplest method is to manufacture the product which
has specifications and which looks better and more interesting than
or just different from the competition.
The
second method, which I would say is not nice at all towards the
customer, is to make equipment that will not work forever, but break
down after a period of time (quite predictable time) due to components
failing or due the natural process of oxidation of metals or due
to the user's fault.
The
third method is more elaborate - to make repair of equipment difficult.
The
fourth method is the most sophisticated - after a while to artificially
make the technology produced old and obsolete.
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Installation
of OS Windows XP, Vista and 7
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It
is impossible to just copy all OS files from one computer to another
and expect that copy files will work. Even in the simplest OS DOS
in order to download from a disk it is
necessary to perform the SYS program for this disk, which means
installing system files. Programs in the DOS environment did not
require installation, whereas in the Windows environment although
some programs can work without installation, installation is required
to enable the installed program to write some of its files into
the Directory where Windows are located.
Installing
any OS is not particularly difficult. All that is needed is to buy
(or borrow) a disk with the OS, install it in the CD / DVD drive
and download it from this disk to the PC. And then follow the instructions
and answer the questions appearing on the screen. It can take up
to an hour to install the OS depending mainly on the speed of your
PC.
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Installation
of drives and OS customization. |
Now
we turn to what some people find the most difficult – installation
of drivers, which enable all the hardware connected to your PC to
work well.
If
your computer was manufactured earlier than the OS you installed,
then very likely you may not even need any drivers...
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PC
and OS cleaning.
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Optimization
and speeding up of the OS for your PC
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About
PC programs
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I
will not describe all the software available which you can find
and use successfully. Nor will I analyze and describe various program
features. To do so would require a book the size of a house. I propose
that you become briefly acquainted with what you may find useful
and see what may be discarded.
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Addresses
of shops in London |
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This
store can send, by mail, one book at a price of 4.99. Call and order. |
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"Repare
Centre" |
445
Great West Road, Hounslow TW5 0BY |
0208
570 9191 |
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In
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Ðóññêèé
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(Russian world) |
www.booksinrussian.co.uk
23 (basement)
Goodge Street, London W1T 2PL |
0207
436 6390 |
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"Lakomka" |
91
Wembley Park Drive HA9 8HF |
0794
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"Kalinka" |
23-25
Queensway, London, W2 4QP |
0207
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"Dacha" |
34
Aylmer Parade, East Finchley, London, N2 0PH |
0208
341 2475 |
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mobile&computer" |
66
Vicarage Farm Road, Hounslow TW5 0AB |
0208
814 0235 |
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2013-15
(C) COPYRIGHT D-SHOW.CO.UK |
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