Do you feel yourself start to panic and sweat when you have to download a new hardware or software program on your computer? Are you asking yourself at this time "What the heck is download"? (Download means to install). Are you saying to yourself we keep the hardware in the garage not at the comp...

In today's world, owning a computer is an essential part of life. Although there are numerous types of computers that you could own, there are two main types to consider, Windows and Macintosh. Owning a Windows computer is better than owning a Macintosh computer because of the ability to upgrade, ge...

We are living in the era of a 'knowledge revolution' and are entering an informative society. Information capabilities of computers have made possible multinational corporations, and their analytic and imaging capabilities have made possible scientific and engineering breakthroughs. Both ...

The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years. From abacus to our modern souped up computer with the Intel Pentium III processor the computer has come an incredibly long way. One of the most significant events that would aff...

1. Introduction Our Group was tasked with the project of developing a proposal for the purchase of five (5) new computers and a network color printer. The spreadsheet information was derived from information gathered by group members and from direct buy internet companies. The minimum criteria for e...

Introduction Multimedia is nothing new. The nature of human communication has always involved \"multimedia.\" We hear, speak, write, draw, make gestures, play music, and act out our thoughts and feelings to one another. We have enjoyed multimedia presentations since our childhood through film, tele...

TASK: Twenty years of the PC. Has software been held back by hardware limitations, or has hardware developments been held back by shortcomings in software.Over the years, computer systems have been built with two main components. Firstly, hardware, being the physical mechanism allowing manipulatio...

The technology of Text-to-Speech is among the state-of-the-art advancementsbrought about by computer research and studies. Aside from the visualproperties that people used to enjoy while Internet surfing, such asgraphics and animations, text-to-speech is an added functionality to acomputer's usabil...

Apple vs. The World In past years, Apple was on a downward spiral, but now the Mac is back on the right track. The interim CEO Steve Jobs has brought them from expected quarterly loses to now, first quarter net income of some 150 millions dollars. The question still remains, is Apple back to s...

Plug And Play Technological advances have swept our society into the twenty- first century. Many accessories have become easily compatible to take personal PC's to new heights. Windows 95 was the first operating system to offer the feature of plug and play. Adding new hardware to your c...

In the early 80s the world so the initial boom of the computer era. The first personal computers were sold and the main players of the business were sorted out. Two of the prominent figures were Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Each pioneering their own front, the two entered the 90s as the computer...

In the past few decades, people all over the world have been all too eager to embrace the technological revolution. One in every 4 Australian homes now owns a least one computer. But few people have stopped to realize that in accepting these changes so readily, we have opened a virtual Pandora's box...

Installing a IDE or EIDE hard drive on a Pentium computer To install a hard drive in your computer you must have a decent knowledge ofComputers and know what basic commands do. I wouldn't recommend a beginner trying to install a hard drive. These instructions are meant for intermediates o...

Operating Systems The operating system , also referred to as the OS, is the most important software on the computer. It is responsible for providing an interface with the hardware, displaying an interface for users to work with, and acting as a base for other software programs to be run...

Monopoly? Is Microsoft actually a monopoly? No, they are not. They don’t force you to buy their products, they are not the only company out there, and even though they are the most used, people do have many other choices. Who makes you buy a product? No company makes you buy their p...

Should this business update to Windows 2000 from Windows 98 for its office PCs? In the business world today, computers and the software applications that run on them basically control an well-organized business. Every major company is equipped with a computer, or network that connects through...

The choice of the microprocessor is very important in selecting any microcomputer system because of the related compatibility and performance issues. Microprocessors for personal computer systems are manufactured by only a few companies. It best known is Intel, whose newest line of processors are c...

Although Windows has made tremendous strides with its latest versions, Macs are easier to use and their operating system is often described as more seamless and intuitive. While setting up a Mac will usually take less time, there are not nearly as many available devices that connect to Macs as there...

Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft, the once young and eager teenager was running a small business made-up of other teenagers. Now the richest man in the world controlling an operating system practically every IBM compatible computer in the world uses. Computers are not the only things that Microso...

Recently, Microsoft started having legal problems. It was one legal battle after another. It was taking too much time away from what Microsoft does best. Personally, I think it was starting to get to be ridiculous. The problems first started shortly after Microsoft released the Windows 98 Operatin...

William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955. "Bill" was called "Trey" by his father, since "Trey" means three. Trey was always smart, and always loved even the earliest computers he could get his hands on. He went to a public school at first, and made a few friends there. He was...

MIS 3113 Sec February 26, 99 Let's face it, in today's world we are using computers more and more. The growth of accessibility to the Internet has given us a brand new definition to connectivity, thus exponentially widening the wealth of information at our fingertips. T...

xxxxx xMr. Brett BarnesPresidentBarnes RecyclersFort Wayne, IN 46815SUBJECT: Proposal to analyze your current computer systems and the problems you are experiencing with data circulation.On January 5, 2001 I had a meeting with you to discuss the possibility of installing a full working server-based...

The PC industry is just over 20 years old. In those 20 years, both the quality and quantity of available software programs have increased dramatically. Although approximately 70% of the worldwide market is today supplied by developers in the United States, significant development work is occurring i...

Microsoft Anti-Trust Case In 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Since then there has been very few companies that have violated this act. In 1911 it was used it to break J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust in to 30 different competing companies. Then in 1982 AT&T'...