However, the final category, Webtop Utilities, is gaining rapidly. The examples include the common Microsoft Office suite as well as free or almost-free software where possible. Corel offers a similarly priced suite. In addition, Sun Microsystems has offers a terrific suite called StarOffice that compares well with Microsoft Office. Best of all, StarOffice is free .
Suggestions are always welcome.
Hardware Consider your laptop as your mobile office, replacing the traditional briefcase, filing cabinet, and desktop. The major differences between a laptop and a desktop PC are the size of the monitor and the mouse. You can take a laptop to home or work and plug your monitor into it. How you manage your files and directories on the computer is probably as personal and inscrutable to others as how you manage the documents and file drawers in your physical office. In my mind, the goal is to be able to find files with the fewest number of clicks, which usually means the least cognitive load.