Mobile Computing (Laptops, PDA's and Smart Phones)
Laptops are great if you travel or need to make presentations away from the office. They’re also great space savers and you can work easily on the kitchen table then pack the ‘office’ away when you’ve finished.
Modern laptops do practically everything that a desktop computer can do. Crucially, they have enough memory and enough disk capacity to run the same operating systems and the same applications as a desktop PC.
The more memory your laptop has, the better, especially to improve the performance of Windows. But if you do a lot of travelling, there's the additional issue of battery life to bear in mind.
The more powerful the processor, and the bigger the memory, the greater the drain on the battery. Even with a purpose-designed low-power processor in your laptop, you'll be lucky to get more than two hours' use before the battery needs recharging. It's always worth checking the price for a second battery.
Benefits of a laptop
- You can use any web browser on an internet connection to securely check your email, calendar and contacts.
- You can connect to the web remotely and wirelessly, using a pocket PC.
- You can reply to emails from anywhere (and access your calendar, contacts and to-do list) using a Microsoft Windows-based smart phone.
- You can give your employees flexible work patterns.
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