Shopping for a Computer, First Web Pages

Tom Kelliher, CS297

Jan. 9, 1997

1. USENET compared to e-mail.

2. Flames.

3. Shopping for a computer:
   1. Computers: PC vs. Mac.

   2. Software: requirements.

   3. Stores: ``boutiques,'' superstores, direct mail.

4. Your first web pages.

5. Finish Internet exercises.

6. Reading:
   1. A helpful, yet cool, PC Guide.

   2. Interview with Marc Andreeson, creator of Netscape Navigator.

   3. Beware the Web Backlash.

   4. A Win for Free Speech on the Web.

Shopping for a Computer

Things to consider:

1. What do I want to do with the computer? Telecommuting?

2. What software do I need?

3. PC or Mac?

4. Where do I buy it?

5. Can I return it if I don't like it or if it's a ``lemon?''

6. What about the warranty?

7. Service and support?

The Computer Itself

A Motherboard.

An inside look at a system unit.

Let's take a look.

How much software comes with it?

Software

What do you have to know when considering a piece of software?

Let's take a look:

1. Intuit.

2. Broderbund.

3. Microsoft.

Where to buy?

1. ``Boutiques,'' superstores, direct mail.

2. Computerland.

3. CompUSA.

4. Insight.

Your First Web Pages

Handout.