Minimizing the Risks of PC Buying
By Reid Goldsborough
Any time you buy a personal computer, whether it’s your first or your fifth, whether for yourself, your children, or your company, you face uncertainty. Will the computer work, or will it be dead on arrival? Will it work initially but fail after a few weeks? Will it work for the most part but give you headaches along the way? Will you be able to get help quickly if you can’t fix the inevitable glitches yourself?
You can’t eliminate the uncertainties of buying, but you can minimize them by being an informed consumer. Three magazines recently have published the findings of their latest surveys.
