Conventional Personal Computers

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=65 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="00f00410dvldzz.gif"> <div> Conventional Personal Computers</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=162 BGCOLOR="#999966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Background"><U>Background</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information Empowerment"><U>Information Empowerment</U></A></div> <div> <B>Conventional Personal Computers</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The History of Personal Computing"><U>The History of Personal Computing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="analysis"><U>analysis</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="what weve got"><U>what we've got</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Telecom Solution"><U>Telecom Solution</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="obsolete cellular technology"><U>obsolete cellular technology</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heres how it could work:"><U>Here's how it could work:</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Off Line Readers"><U>Off Line Readers</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TMM"><U>TMM</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Initial Benefits"><U>Initial Benefits</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtuous Circle"><U>Virtuous Circle</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conclusions"><U>Conclusions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Update"><U>Update</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Useful Links"><U>Useful Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.telepathic.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.telepathic.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="0d264190.gif" border=0 width="100" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> After about twenty years of personal computing we now have a vast number of computer available to use. In general the modern personal computer is a:</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">High Powered System</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Capable of linking to a High Capacity Network</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">With Sophisticated Graphics</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sound</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Colour</B></div> <div> Today's systems start at around £500 (Rm 3,100) and run up to £2,500 (Rm 15,750). With a printer, modem and an Internet connection working systems for home use, found in middle class families though out the developed world, are available for a starting price of about £650 (Rm 4,000).</div> <bR> <div> But what do these systems  actually do ? Most people do not use their personal computers to do software development or build Web sites. Most personal computers perform simple tasks:</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Word Processing  (and spell checking)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spreadsheet</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Database work</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Complex E-mail and the Internet</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dcff330000.gif" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Games</B></div> <div> How does this compare with the systems from a few years ago ?  Well it is useful to look at<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The History of Personal Computing"><U><B>The History of Personal Computing</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=30 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information Empowerment"><U><B><IMG SRC="0021f150.gif" border=0 width="31" height="21" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The History of Personal Computing"><U><B><IMG SRC="0041f150.gif" border=0 width="31" height="21" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smart Communities on Diminished Budgets"><U><B><IMG SRC="0031f150.gif" border=0 width="31" height="21" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="31"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>