Computer is really a precious gift that will still long time with its recipient ,the computer could be a close friend for people who have problems in making friends in clubs or schools.The computer is not just a device or electronic piece of circuits it's more than a world.The computer is proving everyday more and more its importance and sometimes computers are holy pieces for people who love education and learning .The personal computer appeared in the 80's and until now it's changing its performance following the needs of the markets and users.

If you want to offer someone a computer you can find a lot of types and brands,beginning by desktop and PC passing through laptops reaching pocket PC like I-mate.So that's depend on which person you are going to give the gift and your ability to buy that good.

Desktop computers is for colleagues who like to use computers in their home and enjoying weekends on their home escaping from the coldness of winter.The package include an Internet connection subscription which allow the user to surf the Internet and download movies and music.The important is the processor clock speed and cache memory so try as possible to choose the one with higher speed and also don't forget to buy RAM which are greater more than 1 Ghz to able to use the new applications and games with an acceptable performance.

Notebook and laptop are preferred to people who use computer in their business and students in universities as long as they are using their laptops in seminars and presentations.I advice you to buy Dell or Toshiba because they are with good performance and their prices are reasonably moderate.If the recipient is so important and close to your heart choose the generation of Intel Core Duo processors because it's the best in my opinion.

If the recipient is a teenager who didn't has the chance to own an Ipod or a cellphone so you can collect many gifts in one package and you can offer him an I-mate which is a pocket PC ,he can use it a as a cellphone ,mp4 player and also a personal computer which can log on the Internet.

Be careful when you are buying a computer because there some computers which are fancy and doesn't have the performance required or which suffers some technical problems .So to avoid that problem you have to choose a processor not less than 2 GHZ with a big cache memory ,the motherboard shall be trusted by many magazines and recommended by many users in order it's considered as a main component.The RAM's should be 1 GHZ in minimum.The LCD monitors are the best for a better display and it's comfortable for eyes.

You can make a comparison between prices on Amazon.com or C-net and you can read more about the best performance before you decide.

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