Knowledge is Power Buying a personal computer can be as difficult as buying a car. No matter how much one investigates, how many dealers a person visits, and how much bargaining a person has done on the price, he still may not be really certain that he has gotten a good deal. There are good reasons for this uncertainty. Computers change at much faster rate than any other kind of product. A two-year-old car will …
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…that will not change is the fact that he will get the best buy with a system that falls somewhere in the middle. Mid-priced computers cost only a little more than the 'El cheapo' systems, but perform almost as well as top-of-the-line models. They will not become obsolete as fast as the cheapest computers will, but they'll still leave the consumer with enough money so that one feels comfortable upgrading in a couple of years.