Knowledge Is Power: How To Buy A Computer
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Buying a personal computer can be as difficult as buying a car. No matter how
much one investigates, how many dealers a person visits, and how much bargaining
a person has done on the price, he still may not be really certain that he has
gotten a good deal.  There are good reasons for this uncerta ....          
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....  computer has only one purpose; to run programs. Some programs require more
computing power than others. In order to figure out how powerful a computer the
consumer needs, therefore, a person must first determine which programs he wants
to run.  For many buyers, this creates a problem. They cannot buy a computer
until they know what they want to do with it,  but they cannot really know all
of the uses there are for a computer until they own one.  This problem is not as
tough as it seems, howeve ....          
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