10 Things You Could be Using Your Desktop Publishing Software For, But Probably Aren't by Shaun Pearce
1. Creating business cards. If you're self employed or run a small business, you know how expensive printing business cards can be. If someone leaves your employ, or the phone area code changes, all that money is down the drain. Most printers and stationers work to standard designs anyway, so... With your own DTP software you can really let your imagination rip, and design a unique and memorable card. ... You can then print it out on your colour printer and save a bundle - you can even get pre-cut card to print your design out on that can make your work indistinguishable from a...

Broken Computer - Fix or Fling? by Tony Roberts
Okay, so your computer has stopped working for whatever reason. Is it the hard drive? The processor? Is it some adware, a Trojan, a virus? Has a chip on the RAM blown or the CPU overloaded? Should you hire a computer repair service, or should you buy yourself a new computer? ... It really is worth taking the time to hire a professional computer repair service to fix your computer, not only can they probably do the job quicker than you could, but they will do it properly and without any risk of damaging your computer.

Hardware Requirements For Windows Vista by Rod Bland
Microsoft has created two classifications to help ascertain if your computer is capable of running Windows Vista: Vista Capable and Vista Premium Ready . Vista Capable pc's need to have a minimum 800 Mhz CPU, 512MB of system memory, a 20GB hard drive with at least 15GB of free space, and a... Vista Premium Ready pc's will require at least a 1Ghz CPU, 1GB of system memory, a 40GB hard drive with at least 15GB of free space, and an Aero-compatible graphics card which supports the new Windows Display Driver Model with at least 128mb of onboard memory.

Build Your Own PC by Ronald Firquain
Anybody who can follow simple directions can literally save themselves thousands of dollars on all their computer needs. The glossary even breaks down all the geek speak into simple terms. With people already technologically educated, it is easier now for them to choose the specifications of the... For although the computer is a lot of small computer parts, there are actually only a few that you should pay particular attention to. ... Most people who are not so familiar with computers will think that it is the Memory part that takes care of this but actually, it is the hard disk that we...

Choosing The Right Notebook - A Buyers Guide by Harry Love
Notebooks – Finding the Right System to Meet Your Needs A computer is a major purchase and should not be taken lightly, especially if you are purchasing a notebook computer. There are a number of factors that need to be considered before you even get to the store to take a look at what is... Memory, this refers to computers Ram. ... There are many games that will tell you the type and size of card necessary for play check out the requirements before purchasing your notebook. ... If you are plan on gaming with your Notebook, you will definitely want to pay attention to the graphics card.

Motherboard Guide - What You Need to Know When Purchasing a Motherboard by Donny Duncan
The motherboard, or mainboard, is called that because all of the other components plug into it, and it is used as a hub of sorts for all of the components to communicate with each other. When buying a motherboard, the most important things to know is what CPU it is compatible with, what kind of... Video Card Compatibility: Video cards are not all created equally, there are several different types of video cards now, especially on the high end. ... Most of the newer versions are backwards compatible, meaning that they will accept older versions, but it does not work the other way around,...

A Guide to Digital Cameras by Mike Bryant
When my wife and I first found out a few years ago that we were going to have a baby, we both automatically shifted to baby-prep mode. She spent her time buying pretty things for the nursery and shopping for cribs and car seats. Like the ultra geek that I am, I started shopping for a digital... Any of these will work just fine, just be sure to buy the kind of memory card that fits your camera, and get a card that will hold as much memory as you can afford. ... Digital cameras store pictures either into internal memory or an external memory card.

Random Access Memory - Computer Energy by Michael Russell
I have spent years operating computers. Going back to the mid seventies I was involved with then the simplest form of computers in which data entry was the skill of the day! It was nothing but a card filled with tiny rectangles that represented machine language numbers. ... From 1975 to 1995 we went from a gigantic computer that only scratched the surface of random access memory, to a small machine that could handle a hard drive and additional memory to run programs that had excess of 16 million bytes of memory.

Expansion Cards Part 1: (of a 3 part series) by Jason Kohrs
PCI The expansion slots available on motherboards allow for a variety of upgrades in a computer system, but matching the appropriate card to an available slot needs to be addressed before making any purchasing decisions. The most common types of expansion cards for modern computer systems can... The good thing about PCI cards is that, even if you do have a board with built-in feature (such as built-in sound mentioned above), your motherboard’s BIOS will usually lets you disable that feature if you did want to add an upgraded card (such as the Audigy sound card mentioned in the example...

Computer Lingo! by Marc Levy
Computer lingo! Or, "techno-babble" as I like to call it. If you don't know your IEEE 1394s from your PCI Express x16s, then you may have a problem if you plan on building or upgrading hardware in your computer. Knowing the talk is essential for getting parts that are compatible and not blowing... Here's some techno-babble that is useful for building or upgrading a computer: - Mobo : Motherboard - the circuit board that all of the computer components are attached to. ... - AGP : Accelerated Graphics Port - High-speed port on a motherboard for attaching a video card (not the standard, PCI...