His Five Tips for Buying the Best Computer for a Small Business
Yesterday we gave you Toni’s five tips for buying the best computer for a small business and today you can have mine.
- 1. Plenty of memory - for exactly the same reasons Toni gave yesterday.
2. Dual monitors - for exactly the same reasons Toni gave yesterday. I have access to two computers in my office and both of them are equipped with dual monitors.
3. On-site service - when something goes wrong back to base can be a disaster and it will be an even bigger disaster if the base happens to be hundreds of kilometres/miles away. And don’t fool yourself by thinking that you can fix any problems that may arise because most people who try that only make the problem worse.
4. Plenty of data storage - one hard drive is rarely enough. A second internal hard drive is OK but the insurance of an external hard drive can really protect your data.
5. Cost effective software - don’t skimp on the software that you have installed on your new machine. Sure open source office software may save you money initially but for productivity it just doesn’t stack up against Microsoft Office and the same goes for any other software you might need for your business. Free is rarely as good as what you have to pay for.
And I’m not going to show you what my office looks like - my desk is too messy to even think about cleaning up for a photo 