Ask yourself why you need a PC, what do you really need to help your business, how many staff need access to your data, do you need to be connected to the Internet?

What will you be willing to pay and how long must each machine last? Do you need special PC tools like CAD, or is it just word processing, record keeping and accounting?

Do you need fancy printers and scanners or cameras? Do you need to plug bits into a network so that they can be shared?

How would you business manage if your computer was damaged or stolen? Could the business continue if the electricity supply fails?

With the basic analysis of requirements we can build a picture of what you need and how you can use it to help grow your business. The trouble with IT seems to be that as soon as you buy you rapidly become out-of-date. So how can you protect your investment?

Today’s basic office work horse is a fairly beefy machine running Microsoft Windows XP as the “operating” system. Next comes the Microsoft Office (XP) suite that provides word processing, spread sheets, presentation and publishing packages as well as a small scale database system. Then there is Outlook to provide email support and Internet Explorer to allow you to browse the WEB.

Of course there are other options MAC OS X, Linux and other unix based operating systems. The Netscape email and WEB browsing as well as specialist tools for publishing and WEB authoring. Perhaps you need high volume, high quality printing in colour.

I will help you decide what you need, install it, train you and your staff and then to help you support it and keep your business running smoothly.