K.O.P.C.O. - user groups I want to learn more about my computer, and I read in a computer magazine that user groups are a good source of information. A user group, as the name implies, is a group of computer users with a common interest. There are PC user groups, Macintosh user groups, and even user groups for specific software programs and computer brands.
Many useful activities can take place within the framework of the user group.
Discussions about the group s main subject are a primary feature, during which group members can share discoveries and solutions to their own everyday computer questions with each other, thereby saving each other valuable time and effort and minimizing having to troubleshoot problems through trial and error. Tips and shortcuts can also be traded, thus making everyone more productive and efficient. Local computer-oriented businesses can provide speakers from time to time to address members or give presentations. Other topics of discussion can range from current computer news stories to more specific interests within the group. For example, special interest groups, or SIGs, are focus groups internal to the main user group.