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Who is Nexus Publishing? Originally from a small town called Darlaston – about ten miles north of Birmingham – I moved to West Sussex about ten years ago to help develop one of the first online retailers. Having recently moved to Shropshire I am now enjoying the working from home life in a semi rural location. I have been a freelance writer and journalist for about fifteen years. Eight of them were spent doing various other jobs such as bookshop assistant, print finisher and returns clerk for a large library supplier, with the writing taking up evenings and any of my spare time. As you can see, much of my life so far has been spent working with books and publishing of one kind or another. My time as an employee came to a conclusion some six years ago with redundancy, so I took the opportunity – and the money – to see if I could survive as a full-time freelance writer. That was five years ago. There have been some lean times – just ask my wife, Joanne. But after tasting the freelance life, there’s no going back.

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Baby PCs

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

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How powerful if your office PC? In the not too distant past every couple of years in keeping with Moore’s Law we all dutifully upgraded our computers to enable us to run the latest versions of our favourite software, or to use the latest peripherals that needed more processing power.

Today, however, we seem to be seeing somewhat of a plataeu effect in computing power. For homeworkers a computer is essential, but do you really need a very powerful machine humming away under your desk? Many homeworkers use laptop computers as their main PC. Today, every the smallest notebook PC can be just as powerful as its desktop counterpart.

Also, micro computers are becoming even more popular. PC’s like the ASUS Eee PC 4G, the Samsung Q1 and even the HTC Shift can all be used to run a small businesses. There are also the so called small form factor computers that cram all the pocessing power of a full-sized PC into a very small box. Good examples are the Shuttle series and of course Apple’s Mac Mini.

With more applications now available online such as Google Docs, Adobe’s move to the Internet with its PDF format and online word process or Buzzword, you PC just needs to be powerful enough to connect to the Internet and have a browser installed.

Clearly if space is a premium in your home office a PC with a small footprint is a great buy, but the good news is you don’t have to compromise on power these days. With a massive range of computers to choose from, we’re all spoilt for choice, but the same criteria when choosing a PC for your business still remain. Match the PC you buy with your business’s core needs. If you need masses of computing power, or simply a notebook PC to check email, there’s a PC for you, and what’s more it won’t break the bank.

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