Computerizing Your Business (Run Your Own Business)

Computerizing Your Business guides you through the maze of hardware and software options and helps you evaluate and choose the best ones for your needs. Covering everything from the most basic business systems to those of the office of the future, this step-by-step resource shows you how to select the most effective hardware system, monitor, and printer; determine how much memory your system requires for the type of work you do; choose a word processing and bookkeeping system for your business; network your system to other computers on- and off-site; and navigate the information superhighway efficiently. Plus, you will also learn the pros and cons of buying and servicing your system through a dealer, discount store, mail order house or a local shop ... types of hardware and software to buy for the "wireless office" of laptops and modems...as well as how to find the most cost-efficient Internet Access Provider and e-mail system.