How to buy an assembled PC?

Author : Paul

Today PC is considered as the one of the most essential components of our daily life. We can?t imagine a single minute without the presence of a PC. From office to our home, everywhere it has a strong presence. But buying the right PC is not so easy as it sounds. One of the easier processes is buying a Branded PC. There are big names in this field. And they come with lucrative offers to stay ahead in the competitive market. But the buyer always has a dilemma. Which one is the best and cost effective? If one branded PC has one advantage, the other has one more advantage, so the best possible way is to build your own PC with all the advantages that you require. Knowledgeable persons, however, prefer buying an assembled PC, as it is cheaper in price and can be custom built. Here are few tips for buying an assembled PC?? Make a list of hardware that you require. This can be done by consulting with someone who has a solid knowledge. ? Find out a shop that has market goodwill.? Ensure that all hardware parts have warranty. Some parts like hard disks nowadays come with five years warranty. So it is recommended to check carefully before installing the hardware in the PC.? Today most motherboards have on board graphic cards. But if you are a multimedia professional, you can fit an additional graphic card (AGP card).? The cabinet of the PC is an essential part. Because all main parts are to be stored there. Nowadays some very good ATX cabinets with powerful SMPS (Power supply), 3 fans and front USB ports can be found at cheap prices. 3-fan cabinet keeps the cabinet cool. Front USB ports are for handy use of external drives like flash drives. ? Monitors are available in different models, category and screen sizes. Some monitors are called LCD monitors. These are absolutely thin and lightweight. Merely 2inch in depth and the screen is flat and square. Normal monitors also come with flat screens. It is up to the buyer?s pocket, which one he/she can afford. ? If one wants to watch TV on computer then a TV tuner can be added.? Your PC can be a good sound system with some speakers. Speakers with surround effect cost a little higher but really sound good. Otherwise there are so many desktop speakers available in the market with a vast range of price and features.? The CD drives are no more called CD-drives. These are now combo drives. In a combo drive you can play DVD, ACD, MP3, CD?s and can write your own CD?s. Conventional CD drives and CD writers are also available. ? The newest mouse type is the optical mouse. In this mouse there is no roller ball attached. A laser ray is used for changing the pointer.? If you need to take printouts on a regular basis then go for a printer. The latest category of printer is called all in one. In this printer you can take printouts, can scan and also photocopy. Though the price of this machine is little on the higher side but it really is a utility product. ? After assembling the PC you need to choose an operating system. Windows and Linux are the two widely used OS. ? After installing the OS the required software are installed. It totally depends on the working requirement.After all these steps your PC is ready to use. An annual maintenance is good for your PC Paul has been providing answers to lots of queries through his website on a wide variety of subjects ranging from satellite phones to acne. To learn more visit

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Category : General Technology: Hardware / Peripherals

What to Know When Buying a GPS

Author : Chuck Fitzgerald
Why are GPS units showing up everywhere? You might find one in your rental car, on your wristwatch or even built into your wireless phone. Anti-theft systems use one, heavy construction equipment might use one and having one on your boat now seems to be a requirement. Anytime we want to know our exact location on the face of the Earth, the GPS becomes indispensable. Like many other technologies, feature rich GPS units are now affordable for the average person. So how do you know which one to purchase? Let's look at few things to consider prior to buying your next GPS unit, but first, what is a GPS unit?A GPS (Global Positioning System) unit has the primary function of calculating its own location on land or water by using satellite signals. Once the GPS unit knows its own location, it can help the user determine direction and distance to other known locations. For instance, a GPS on a boat can tell the captain how far it is to the shoreline or how far it is to a favorite fishing spot. For the outdoor sportsman a GPS can help with finding your campsite, your vehicle or your next geocache. Popular outdoor activities such as hiking, hunting, fishing, trail running, backpacking, rock climbing, canyoneering and canoeing are all made more enjoyable and safer when you take along your GPS.When buying a GPS system the first thing to consider is how you intend to use it. If you plan on using it while on foot, you'll want a GPS that is lightweight, compact, weather resistant and that is equipped with features important to foot travel. WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) is one such feature. WAAS greatly increases the accuracy of your GPS, in most cases to within 10 feet. Accuracy within a few meters is important for the outdoor enthusiast but not nearly as important for navigating through town in your rental car. Next, be sure your GPS has at least 12 channels of reception too. Since your GPS will only work when it receives signals from satellites orbiting the Earth, less than 12 receiving channels will not get the job done in wooded areas or in steep terrain. If you plan on using your GPS to navigate while driving in your car, its weight is not nearly as important as its ability to display street maps. The GPS mounted to the dash of your truck probably doesn't need to be weatherproof, but the one on your boat better be.Here are the features and products I recommend. For the outdoor athlete or sportsman, be sure your GPS has these features: topographical mapping, back tracking, a computer interface, weatherproofing, 12 receiver channels and WAAS. I recommend portable GPS units in the Garmin eTrex Series and the Magellan Meridian Series. For driving applications, be sure your GPS has these features: street mapping, large display, a computer interface and external antenna compatibility. I recommend automotive GPS units in the Garmin StreetPilot Series and the Magellan RoadMate Series. For boating and other marine applications, be sure your GPS has these features: marine mapping, color screen, active sonar, back tracking, a computer interface and weatherproofing. I recommend marine GPS Units in the Garmin GPSMAP Series.Prices for GPS units vary a great deal and in general, you get what you pay for. While some units cost around $100 and offer relatively few features, others may cost as much as $1000 or even more and are loaded with dozens of features. Here is a good rule of thumb for determining how much money to spend on your next GPS. You should expect to pay between $200 and $300 to get a decent GPS Unit. I own a Garmin eTrex Vista. I believe it is the best GPS available for under $300.If you don't have a GPS or yours is more than five years old, now's the time to get one. Adding a new GPS to your inventory of backcountry toys will take your outdoor adventures to a new level of enjoyment. Use this information and you'll Get It Right The First Time. Get Outdoors!Chuck Fitzgerald is the owner of Arizona based BackCountry Toys, an online specialty store with the "Best Gear Out There" and dedicated to helping outdoor enthusiasts to "Get It Right The First Time" with timely educational information. Please visit http://www.BackCountryToys.com to find great gear and to receive the Fact & Tips e-newsletter, "FreshAir"; (800) 316-9055.
Category : Computers-and-Technology:GPS

Are You Really a Seller

Author : Kaye Thomas
Many people who have their homes for sale are not really sellers.. that is people who are motivated to sell. Many of todays sellers only want to sell if they get their price which may or may not be very realistic. Sellers are having a hard time accepting that the market has changed and the party is over. As these people either leave the market or get serious about selling prices appear to be falling more then they actually are. Homes priced on expectations not market value will not sell in today's market. If a home's value is $1,000,000 and it is listed at $1,500,000 then reduced to $1,100,000 it may appear as though the price has been drastically reduced when in reality it has not even reached the real market value.If you really want to sell your home here are a few tips :*Make Sure it Shows Well..
Clear out clutter, paint, put in new carpet or flooring. A few years ago you could get away with getting top dollar for a fixer. Today's buyer wants it in good shape or deeply discounted.*Curb Appeal..
Re-plant flower beds, add pots of flowers, re-sod if necessary and paint the exterior. Most buyers make a large part of their home buying decision basedon the exterior of the property.* Price It Right!
That doesn't mean giving away the property but it does mean not overpricing. Zillow doesn't know your market so don't base your price on an online site that is getting money from someone other then you. Look carefully at the COMPS from your agent. A local agent knows the market and true
market value.* Marketing:
Make sure your home is marketed in places other then the local papers. 75% of buyers start their search on the internet. You need to be there. If your agent is not marketing your property on the net you are losing access to a lot of potential buyers.*Patience:
Buyers are taking their time to purchase. Be ready to have your home on the market for 2-6 months. Entry level and premium priced A location homes sell quicker then those in the mid-level range.Remember people are always buying and selling real estate. They get married or divorced, have babies or become empty nesters, retire or find new jobs. The market is always moving... it just moves to a different beat from time to time.Kaye Thomas is a UCLA graduate and has been selling real estate in Manhattan Beach Ca since 1979. Kaye works with buyers and sellers and specializes in residential and small residential income property in the South Bay Beach Cities of Los Angeles county.
For more information on buying or selling visit Kaye at www.KayeThomas4homes.com or www.Move2ManhattanBeach.com or read her BLOG at

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Category : Real-Estate

Food Poisoning Can Spoil Your Day

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Poisoning Can Spoil Your Day&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;by: &lt;b&gt;News Canada&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(NC)-Eating outdoors in summer can be an appetizing experience. Fresh air, combined with healthy activity, can tantalize the taste buds. Picnics and camping often focus on the enjoyment of food. However, there can be hidden hazards lurking in the cooler or picnic basket.&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Canada's leader in safety-oriented&amp;trade; first aid training, St. John Ambulance, suggests you take simple precautions to ensure your food is safe to consume.&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make sure your cooler is stocked with ice or freezer packs capable of keeping the contents cold until you're ready to consume them.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Always store food items separately, using individual containers or a sturdy plastic wrap.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep cutlery and utensils in a clean storage container, away from the food.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you plan to cook outdoors, make sure the cooking surface is clean and that food is protected from airborne pollutants.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Never leave food exposed to the air where insects and other creatures may contaminate it.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Food poisoning can have serious consequences. It's important to know what to do if you suspect food poisoning. St. John Ambulance first aid courses teach you essential, lifesaving techniques that can reduce suffering and prevent injury. &lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Signs and symptoms of food poisoning&lt;p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Casualty may experience nausea, dizziness, stomach cramps, diarrhea or vomiting. &lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Casualty may also suffer breathing problems or chest pain.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First aid for food poisoning&lt;p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assess the casualty's condition and place them at rest.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do not give fluids.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do not induce vomiting.&lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor the casualty's condition. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it worsens, seek medical help.&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Knowing what to do in an emergency can make all the difference. For more than 118 years, Canadians have trusted St. John Ambulance for quality first aid training and products. With more than 300 centres across Canada, St. John Ambulance is the leader in state-of-the-art training programs. See what St. John can do for you - call the branch nearest you or check us out on the web at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sja.ca" target=new&gt;www.sja.ca</a>. &lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;table width=100% cellpadding=8 cellspacing=0 border=0 bgcolor=#dddddd&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About The Author&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newscanada.com/&quot; target=new&gt;News Canada&lt;/a&gt; provides a wide selection of current, ready-to-use copyright free news stories and ideas for Television, Print, Radio, and the Web. &lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newscanada.com/&quot; target=new&gt;News Canada&lt;/a&gt; is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial &quot;fill&quot; items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newscanada.com/&quot; target=new&gt;News Canada&lt;/a&gt; and learn more about the NC services.&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

Category : Health Organizations

A Martial Artist's View Of The Film: "The Bourne Identity"

Author : Dr. Gary S. Goodman
When you study the martial arts, delving into philosophy and spirituality, you find that one of your main purposes is to reformulate yourself.What you are, what your family, society, bosses, teachers, and government have made you, just cannot stand.Something specific may have alerted you to this need.Perhaps it was a slight, received from someone disrespectful, that made you feel weak.Or, one evening, you were walking with your friend and you felt afraid of that group of shadowy figures who were loitering at the next corner.And after the exigency passed, you were ashamed of yourself that you were so fearful, so intimidated, and upon reflection you came to see that you were afraid most of the time, and maybe one day, you'd be petrified but still have to defend yourself from a real attack.So, your path in the martial arts begins by transporting you from weakness to strength, from timidity to self-confidence.Jason Bourne's journey is different. He has amazing gifts and abilities, especially in defending himself and disabling others. Suffering from amnesia, he's trying to learn whom he is, all the while being hunted by lethal adversaries who want to destroy him.Suffering from a vague sense of guilt about his past misdeeds, and seeking relief from haunting, short-circuited memories, he tries to survive long enough to unravel the mystery of his identity.He is a martial artist, and a stunningly capable one, but he is trying to reformulate himself, as well.A masterful physical specimen, he is nonetheless, spiritually weak, because his brawn has been used for questionable purposes. "Being tough," isn't his goal, as it is for some novice pugilists."Being human," is closer to his mission, so undoing his twisted mental wiring is his task, becoming less of a cyborg, connecting more with his vulnerabilities, in the process.Informing this fast-paced and action packed thriller is the archetypal story of the "Ronin," the master-less samurai.These tales ask: What becomes of us when we have no one, no cause for which we can serve; only polished killing skills that have marginal civilian value?It's a query that's relevant to all soldiers, for whom the next battle is coming to terms with who they are and how and what they served.Is Bourne a hero?I leave that to you to decide.Along the way, I'm sure you're going to find this an exciting movie, technically competent, and fun to watch.Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone® and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, "The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable," published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC's Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations from Santa Monica to South Africa. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.For information about coaching, consulting, training, books, videos and audios, please go to: http://www.customersatisfaction.com
Category : Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts

Email Marketing - How To Increase Its Effectiveness

Author : James Bradley

Email marketing is one of the most effective marketing tactics utilized by current internet business owners. It involves more than creating simple sales messages and with a little bit of creativity can become a powerful and even fun marketing tool.There are many different ways to approach email marketing and each niche will have its own way of effectively utilizing this technique. Some ideas to keep in mind that you may find interesting:1. Try to keep your email lists as targeted as possible. Lists that reach a specific group of people will generally have higher response rates. This allows you to really aim your emails at the specific interests and concerns of those particular users.2. Build your own email list by creating a free email newsletter. By offering free advice, products, or services you can get potential customers to opt-in to your email list. This way you can reach interested customers over time and refresh their memory about your products or services.3. Generate consistent long term sales by regularly providing relevant newsletters to your opt-in users. Providing your potential customers with useful materials will build trust and lower your unsubscribe rate.4. Use a reliable and inexpensive auto responder service that will consolidate all of your email lists. Using a service like aweber.com you can create unlimited auto responders and have potential customers opt-in to your email lists from any where. (website, blog, etc.) You can create the opt-in forms and have scheduled messages sent automatically or manually to all of your members. 5. Generate more sales and credibility through offering useful series of emails that can be sent by your auto responder over several different emails. Keep the series of emails related, promoting a relevant product or service. 6. Encourage your recipients to forward the emails to their friends, relatives, and colleagues. This will increase the amount of exposure and improve the reach of your email marketing broadcast. These are just a few ideas to consider when developing your own email marketing campaign. Email marketing is extremely affordable and is a powerful tool consistently generating long term sales and contact with potential customers. James has been involved in advanced internet marketing and home business opportunities for the last 4 years within the frame work of a multi national billion dollar company. His revolutionary work from home system can be viewed at http://www.typingforincome.com

Category : General Newsletters

Domain Name Registration - What NOT to Choose as a Domain Name for Your Business

Author : Shannon Moore
Choosing a domain name for your business can be one of the most important decisions you make. You want something that relates to your business, is catchy and is easy to remember. Just keep in mind what you don't want.Top 3 Types of Domain Names to Avoid:Names that don't apply to your business or industry: Sounds obvious, I know, but with the millions of domain names that are taken, choosing an obscure name can be a tempting trap to fall into. However, the likelihood of customers finding you gets that much more difficult with a vague name. Also, prominent display on major search engines is harder to acquire.Names that are very long: The longer the name, the easier it is for people to forget it altogether or remember it incorrectly. So keep it as short and simple as possible. However, if your business name is long and you're well established in your industry, your best bet may just be sticking with your current name.Names that are owned by someone else: It's not possible to secure the exact same domain name as someone else but it is possible to be infringing upon another's trademark or common-law rights with a confusingly similar name. Mistakenly, many times a new company will assume its trade name is legally clear merely because it was able to purchase a dot com or other domain extended name. Prior to securing your domain name, be sure to have comprehensive research conducted on the domain name.Be creative in choosing your domain name – just remember what to avoid!Shannon Moore is the General Manager, East Coast for TradeMark Express. Since 1992, TradeMark Express has met the needs of their clients with comprehensive research, application preparation, attorney referrals and trademark consultation. For further details, please visit us on the web at http://www.tmexpress.com or call Shannon directly at 800.340.2010.
Category : Business:Domain-Names