Knowledge is Power Buying a personal computer can be as difficult as buying a car. No matter how much one investigates, how many dealers a person visits, and how much bargaining a person has done on the price, he still may not be really certain that he has gotten a good deal. There are good reasons for this uncertainty. Computers change at much faster rate than any other kind of product. A two-year-old car will …showed first 75 words of 1555 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1555 total…that will not change is the fact that he will get the best buy with a system that falls somewhere in the middle. Mid-priced computers cost only a little more than the 'El cheapo' systems, but perform almost as well as top-of-the-line models. They will not become obsolete as fast as the cheapest computers will, but they'll still leave the consumer with enough money so that one feels comfortable upgrading in a couple of years.