Cleaning up the electronic clutter

Article Abstract:

Home-users of microcomputers need to clean up and reorganize their work space from time to time. Often, piles of books need to be winnowed down. Books about no-longer-used software and obsolete versions should be jettisoned. Only a few basic guides to DOS, Microsoft Windows or the Apple Macintosh are really needed. Good books include 'The Little Windows Book, 3.1 Edition' by Kay Yarborough Nelson; 'Van Wolverton's Guide to DOS 6'; 'DOS 6 Power Tools' by John Socha and John M. Goodman; 'Windows 3.1 Power Tools' by William M. LeBlond and Geoffrey L LeBlond; 'Voodoo Mac' by Kay Yarborough Nelson; 'The Little Mac Book' by Robin Williams; and 'The Macintosh Bible' by Arthur Naiman and many others. Many books come with attached software. Once these have been put on the hard disk, the book may be thrown away. Ancient or unused programs should be deleted.

Work environment, Bibliography, Documentation, User Behavior, Book

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What a difference a decade makes!

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Within a decade of its existence, the microcomputer market has come a long way. Peter J. Schuyten, a New York Times reporter, wrote in the mid-1980s about the difficulties of purchasing a personal computer, which was then still a novelty. Schuyten pointed out that there were 'literally scores' of models to choose from; today there are literally hundreds. Prices then ranged from $500 to $1,500; today they are roughly the same although the systems are much more powerful. Schuyten's ultimate choice was an Apple II, which cost him $1,333.80 including peripherals; today for less than that amount, one can get a machine with an 80386SX chip, 2Mbytes of memory, a floppy disk drive, a 40Mbyte hard drive, a mouse, a color monitor and Microsoft Windows 3.0 software.

Electronic computers, Purchasing, Computer industry, History, System Selection, Decision Making, Apple II (6502-based microcomputer)

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