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Selecting a small business computer.

M S Karasik
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In this age of information, growing businesses have the opportunity at a very early stage to computerize their operations. Today's entrepreneurs must choose what computer services to buy amid a bewildering variety of products and programs, each proclaimed, brassily, as the best, the latest, or the next generation. In this article, the author advises entrepreneurs and managers to make sure that the computer can handle everyday demands. He counsels that good software, service, and support are more important than the latest hardware.

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M S Karasik. Selecting a small business computer.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10264278/

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