Q. I'm heading to college very soon, and need to get a laptop before heading out. I wonder, what kind of a laptop would you recommend for a student that will be majoring in accounting? I imagine that accounting software that I might use won't require a high end laptop but I don't know for sure. I'd like to spend less than $500.
And if it helps I'm going to the University of Oregon.
And if it helps I'm going to the University of Oregon.
A. You do not need a high-end laptop and since they get stolen frequently you are WISE to stick to yoiur price range.
But things in general are more hippety than years past so a processor in 2.4 GHz range or better and 1.0 Gb RAM or better will enable all stuff in general without much problem. You can find laptops like that in your price range, not too difficult, but DOES require effort to look around.
Big companies turn over their professionals laptops and so you may want to contact those in your area like utility firms, phone company as well as Tiger Direct and CompUSA and see what is up. Might save you $200 of your budget, eh?
OpenOffice is free and you can download that. Has a spreadsheet. You may want ACCESS by Microsoft and you may want to learn some Computer Science. I became ADEPT at ACCESS without ever having much formal education in college or computers. Noticed most all ACCESS teachers are lousy. There is a best way of explaining it, but apparently even most teachers do not make their own programs there much. Extremely versatile software.
You have spreadsheet in OpenOffice. Do not get low end Microsoft software. If you must have it, get the real business stuff or you will come to regret it. The low end stuff is crippled. Especially the typical stuff they bundle for Home Users.
http://www.laptop-shopper.com/laptops-under-500.shtml
Click on each and look for CPU speed and RAM size. I really do not know which is best, but you could find three that would do and then do a search on that Make and Model + Complaints or see which friends have. You could go to store and type on your choices and see which keyboard you like best -- I have found that to be a biggie factor with experience of person who does LOTS of computer work and writing.
Some have heat or battery problems. Check that out... Your laptop needs breathing room. On desk, not blanket. Keep area cleared around it.
New long-lasting batteries
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdDO.BohM5j4BnyZXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGFvAzEEZnIDbXktbXl5BGhvc3RwdmlkA2Y2bE1HVW9HZEl5RkRLRVBUSWdHcXdEdlJSblVYMHlJQnI0QUEyLnIEbl9ncHMDMARuX3ZwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzcnAEcXVlcnkDTmV3IGxvbmcgbGFzdGluZyBsYXB0b3AgYmF0dGVyaWVzBHNhbwMxBHZ0ZXN0aWQDU01FMDA2?p=New+long+lasting+laptop+batteries&fr2=sb-top&fr=my-myy
Hint: ALWAYS charge after use. Run it low and store a while is expensive mistake.
See which has the best OTHER features. You may already have some in mind, most sharp people do.
Back up your pc to a Maxtor Drive once in a while. You will not lose ALL your stuff if the HDD croaks. You can reload ALL to new HDD if it was backed up with Acronis True Image Home.
Note: Nothing is worse than losing all your notes and work while in some school or training because HDD croaked or laptop was stolen. What if term paper of 10 weeks work was there? Keep that backup!!!
But things in general are more hippety than years past so a processor in 2.4 GHz range or better and 1.0 Gb RAM or better will enable all stuff in general without much problem. You can find laptops like that in your price range, not too difficult, but DOES require effort to look around.
Big companies turn over their professionals laptops and so you may want to contact those in your area like utility firms, phone company as well as Tiger Direct and CompUSA and see what is up. Might save you $200 of your budget, eh?
OpenOffice is free and you can download that. Has a spreadsheet. You may want ACCESS by Microsoft and you may want to learn some Computer Science. I became ADEPT at ACCESS without ever having much formal education in college or computers. Noticed most all ACCESS teachers are lousy. There is a best way of explaining it, but apparently even most teachers do not make their own programs there much. Extremely versatile software.
You have spreadsheet in OpenOffice. Do not get low end Microsoft software. If you must have it, get the real business stuff or you will come to regret it. The low end stuff is crippled. Especially the typical stuff they bundle for Home Users.
http://www.laptop-shopper.com/laptops-under-500.shtml
Click on each and look for CPU speed and RAM size. I really do not know which is best, but you could find three that would do and then do a search on that Make and Model + Complaints or see which friends have. You could go to store and type on your choices and see which keyboard you like best -- I have found that to be a biggie factor with experience of person who does LOTS of computer work and writing.
Some have heat or battery problems. Check that out... Your laptop needs breathing room. On desk, not blanket. Keep area cleared around it.
New long-lasting batteries
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGdDO.BohM5j4BnyZXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGFvAzEEZnIDbXktbXl5BGhvc3RwdmlkA2Y2bE1HVW9HZEl5RkRLRVBUSWdHcXdEdlJSblVYMHlJQnI0QUEyLnIEbl9ncHMDMARuX3ZwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzcnAEcXVlcnkDTmV3IGxvbmcgbGFzdGluZyBsYXB0b3AgYmF0dGVyaWVzBHNhbwMxBHZ0ZXN0aWQDU01FMDA2?p=New+long+lasting+laptop+batteries&fr2=sb-top&fr=my-myy
Hint: ALWAYS charge after use. Run it low and store a while is expensive mistake.
See which has the best OTHER features. You may already have some in mind, most sharp people do.
Back up your pc to a Maxtor Drive once in a while. You will not lose ALL your stuff if the HDD croaks. You can reload ALL to new HDD if it was backed up with Acronis True Image Home.
Note: Nothing is worse than losing all your notes and work while in some school or training because HDD croaked or laptop was stolen. What if term paper of 10 weeks work was there? Keep that backup!!!
What's the best way to remedy the heat problem of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512mb?
Q. This card runs really hot and i'm worried about how it will affect its lifespan. I would like to know the best way to remedy this issue without having t buy an aftemarket cooler as i am looking at running it on crossifre in the future and i don't think my motherboard would allow for this. (ASRock p45r2000-WiFi) Thank You very much for your answers, also, please do elaborate and give your own comments. Thanks again in advance!
A. There should be a bit of software you can install that will tell you exactly what the temperature of your GPU and Radeon is.
It's usually on the drivers/applications disc.
The average temp. of cards of this quality is from 30-45 degrees - that's the highest I'd be comfortable with.
Remember that the external temp will be different to the temp inside the working components.
I keep mine at around 28 degrees. But when I'm at my PC, even in the height of summer, I need an extra jumper - it's better than an air conditioner.
Your motherboard manual will tell you where you can get direct power to fans (which means they will be directly monitored) OR you can buy a few fans that run off your power supply - they come with connectors for all types now.
This means that if you're worried that your card's running too hot, which doesn't mean it's lifespan is limited - just that it's closer to the margin where it'll freeze (it'll freeze/stall before it blows up) - you can just position a fan to circulate air around it, which really helps.
Making sure that the fan on the GPU is kept clean, using a small paint brush and gently blowing, while the machine is off at the wall, but still plugged in, will improve the effeciency of the built-on cooling system.
It is probably a good idea to do this for all your fans and heatsinks from time to time - especially if you smoke or have a lot of dust near your computer.
I have fitted filter gauzes over my intake fans to reduce the need to do this so often.
Your case will have a place to put an extra, if not a few extra fans - if not, you can affix them quite easily using electrical tape in a place such as the HDD bays, pointing at the components you want to blast with cool, circualating air.
Expulsion of the warm air is also important, but your computer probably has one or two of these already - if you install more than three fans, make sure one of thems an out-taker.
Occasionally (not that I recommend this, really) I run my computer with the side open, but covered. Only in instances where I know that I am going to be using a LOT of processing power over a long period of time.
I then put a desk fan pointing at the insides and it reduces the temps to around 20 degrees...
But it does make it pretty dusty in there, so it requires cleaning out more often...
There is no need to go in for liquid cooling or anything expensive unless you are running a massive computer which is constantly using 80% of it's resources at any one time.
Fans do superbly for home computers.
And like any home, they need cleaning inside as well as good organisation.
It's usually on the drivers/applications disc.
The average temp. of cards of this quality is from 30-45 degrees - that's the highest I'd be comfortable with.
Remember that the external temp will be different to the temp inside the working components.
I keep mine at around 28 degrees. But when I'm at my PC, even in the height of summer, I need an extra jumper - it's better than an air conditioner.
Your motherboard manual will tell you where you can get direct power to fans (which means they will be directly monitored) OR you can buy a few fans that run off your power supply - they come with connectors for all types now.
This means that if you're worried that your card's running too hot, which doesn't mean it's lifespan is limited - just that it's closer to the margin where it'll freeze (it'll freeze/stall before it blows up) - you can just position a fan to circulate air around it, which really helps.
Making sure that the fan on the GPU is kept clean, using a small paint brush and gently blowing, while the machine is off at the wall, but still plugged in, will improve the effeciency of the built-on cooling system.
It is probably a good idea to do this for all your fans and heatsinks from time to time - especially if you smoke or have a lot of dust near your computer.
I have fitted filter gauzes over my intake fans to reduce the need to do this so often.
Your case will have a place to put an extra, if not a few extra fans - if not, you can affix them quite easily using electrical tape in a place such as the HDD bays, pointing at the components you want to blast with cool, circualating air.
Expulsion of the warm air is also important, but your computer probably has one or two of these already - if you install more than three fans, make sure one of thems an out-taker.
Occasionally (not that I recommend this, really) I run my computer with the side open, but covered. Only in instances where I know that I am going to be using a LOT of processing power over a long period of time.
I then put a desk fan pointing at the insides and it reduces the temps to around 20 degrees...
But it does make it pretty dusty in there, so it requires cleaning out more often...
There is no need to go in for liquid cooling or anything expensive unless you are running a massive computer which is constantly using 80% of it's resources at any one time.
Fans do superbly for home computers.
And like any home, they need cleaning inside as well as good organisation.
Can heat cause my computers Security to Malfunction?
Q. I know this is a dumb Question, but can heat actually cause my Anti-virus software from working properly? We are in a Heat Wave it's close to 90 and some of my friends are having the same kind of problem as me, their Anti-virus to is not working properly ether. I have a Windows Vista Home Basic Desk Top made by Dell and most of my friends have the same operating System. Thanks You
A. I seriously doubt that the heat is affecting the anti-virus software. I have operated systems in extremely arid and hot regions with no problems.
Your anti-virus could be corrupted.
It could be conflicting with another loaded anti-virus program; for example, you could be
running Avast and Norton at the same time. You only need one anti-virus program.
Another scenario: since it is likely you & your friends visit the same web sites, maybe all
of you were infected with the same virus.
Your anti-virus could be corrupted.
It could be conflicting with another loaded anti-virus program; for example, you could be
running Avast and Norton at the same time. You only need one anti-virus program.
Another scenario: since it is likely you & your friends visit the same web sites, maybe all
of you were infected with the same virus.
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