The fastest growing group of new computer users is senior citizens, often referred to as 'silver surfers'. If you fit into this group you have probably watched your children or grandchildren doing all sorts of amazing things with their computers and you have decided to take the plunge. If so, this article, the first in a series, will advise you how to choose your first computer.
The first decision to make is whether to buy a PC (personal computer) or a laptop. The PC is the one that has a 'tower' which holds most of the bits that make the thing work; it has a separate screen and a mouse. The laptop on the other hand has all its bits in one box which is the size of a large book. Notebooks and netbooks are just smaller versions of the laptop.
Unless portability is important to you I would advise you opt for a PC. Not only is the screen larger and usually easier to read, and using a mouse to move your cursor around the screen is less fiddly than a tracking
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