Whether you're in the market for a faster, better home computer this year or going high-tech for the first time, now is a great time to buy. 56K V.90 modem, Lotus SmartSuite, MS Windows 98 2nd Edition. Hard drives are becoming larger, faster and more compact with increased storage space.
Some people believe in buying as much computer as they can afford.
Another approach is to buy as much as you need. New systems are powered by Intel's Celeron or Pentium III and Pentium 4 chips, or by AMD's Duron or Athlon. But if your system is for basic word processing, family financial planning, surfing the Internet and e-mail, a Celeron or Duron should work fine. For years, CPUs have been measured in megahertz. The newer basic systems start around 600 MHz.