Buying the Perfect Computer – The FIRST Time

Written by Dan Preston


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Although, some computers do provide a way to disable a malfunctioning device which will allow you to install your own store bought device to takerepparttar place ofrepparttar 107746 broken part.

>From a computer technicians point of view this is not always easy to do.

It just depends on what brand of computer you currently have. Meaning some are easier to work on than others.

A “CLONE” computer is a clone or a copy of its brand-name counterpart withrepparttar 107747 exception that instead of company specific or proprietary parts,repparttar 107748 items used to make a clone computer are from several different companies instead of only one.

Let’s say that if you were to go to a local company that builds “clone” computers, and you tell them what you need, chances are they don’t use parts that are specific to only that type of computer likerepparttar 107749 brand-name computer companies do.

This is a good thing because it means that they will probably use components that are interchangeable with many different brands and are easy to come by if needed.

Some Advantages/Disadvantages of “Clone” computers include:

Advantages-

Cost- compared to brand-name computersrepparttar 107750 clone will generally be easier on your pocket book when purchasing one with similar features as its brand-name counterpart.

This is most likely due torepparttar 107751 money that is saved by not offeringrepparttar 107752 high-end customer service. Although, that may not berepparttar 107753 only reason forrepparttar 107754 lower prices.

Easily Accessible Replacement Parts- Sincerepparttar 107755 clone computer was built with parts that are not any one company specific, you can buy parts forrepparttar 107756 clone computer that can be used even ifrepparttar 107757 brand is different fromrepparttar 107758 one that was inrepparttar 107759 computer when you originally bought it.

Note: Before you buy any parts, it is necessary to make sure thatrepparttar 107760 replacement parts are compatible with your particular computers system requirements.

Either consultrepparttar 107761 manual that should have came with your computer or get help from a knowledgeable friend or repair person.

Disadvantages-

Warranties- Unless you purchase a service plan you will typically not have as an attractive warranty as you would with a brand-name computer company.

Whatever you do just make sure you understand how longrepparttar 107762 warranty is for and as to what kind of repairsrepparttar 107763 warranty covers before you makerepparttar 107764 purchase.

Customer Support- With brand-name computer companies you are usually provided with a 24-hour toll free number that you can call if you have questions or concerns with your computer.

Clone computers are more than likely not going to have a 24-hour help service, but rather you will be forced to only be able to call during regular business hours.

Also, it is more than likely that there will not be any one website that you can go to in order to find out information concerning troubleshooting questions you may have.

For service it may be necessary to takerepparttar 107765 computer back to repparttar 107766 store that you bought it at or you may have to do some research onrepparttar 107767 individual parts that went intorepparttar 107768 computer and visitrepparttar 107769 manufacturer’s website for troubleshooting tips.

Finally, if all else fails you can certainly take what you have learned from this article and being that you know what you need now, but don’t know where to go and get that “Perfect Computer”,repparttar 107770 best resource at your disposal are repparttar 107771 very men and woman that work at your local electronics shop.

It is their duty to help you get hold of that “Perfect Computer” that best fits your needs. All you need to do is tell them what you plan on using that computer for and they should be more than happy to help you from there.

resourcebox: -Feel free to reprint this article on paper or on your website just as long asrepparttar 107772 author is given credit for his work andrepparttar 107773 resource box and all information held within is not altered.- --------------------------------------- Dan Preston isrepparttar 107774 author of a digital book called “How and Why to Care for Your Computer”. He isrepparttar 107775 webmaster of a site called InfoHeaven Digital Books where you can find useful Free information and many how-to digital books that cover a large variety of interesting topics. http://infoheaven-digital-books.com (c) Dan Preston - All rights reserved



Dan Preston owns his own online digital bookshop called InfoHeaven Digital Books. He believes that the more a person kbows the better off they are in life. This is why he has decided to help people get those how-to questions of theirs answered by offering such books. He also enjoys troubleshooting and repairing computer problems. As the owner of three computers it is no doubt as to why he has such an interest.


Linux Runlevels

Written by Vinu Thomas


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Each runlevel can be configured byrepparttar system administrator. The "/etc/inittab" file has information on which runlevel to startrepparttar 107745 system at and listsrepparttar 107746 processes to be run at each runlevel.

Each runlevel has its own directory structure where you can definerepparttar 107747 order in whichrepparttar 107748 services start. These directories are located inrepparttar 107749 /etc/rc.d/ directory, under which you have rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d…. rc6.d directories whererepparttar 107750 number from 0 through 6 that corresponds torepparttar 107751 runlevel. Inside each directory are symbolic links that point to master initscripts found in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d.

You can also changerepparttar 107752 runlevel at boot time. If your system uses LILO asrepparttar 107753 boot manager, you can appendrepparttar 107754 runlevel torepparttar 107755 boot command : LILO: linux 3 or LILO: linux 5

If your system uses GRUB, you can changerepparttar 107756 boot runlevel by pressingrepparttar 107757 `e' key to editrepparttar 107758 boot configuration. appendrepparttar 107759 runlevel torepparttar 107760 end ofrepparttar 107761 boot command as shown: kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1 5

Vinu Thomas is a consultant on Web design and Internet Technologies. His website is http://www.vinuthomas.com. You can read more articles on Linux @ http://www.vinuthomas.com/sections-listarticles-6.html


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