Mass. Of course, the attention that entrepreneurs have to give to details can be rewarding.
Some professionals enjoy doing the hands-on computer work that entrepreneurship often requires.
Before you shop for a computer, do some homework, says Paul Monat, New England network accounts-manager for Micro Center, a retail computer store in Columbus, Ohio. What you think you need and what you know you need after you learn what the systems can do are two different things. Before buying hardware, Mr. Monat says, you have to decide on software. He recommends the most popular programs because support is better for high-volume products. Price computers on the basis of features you need.