QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE MAKING A DECISION:

CD-ROM or DVD drive? (DVD allows you to rent/purchase movies and view on screen; one of the flat screen monitor choices is also a TV!)

Which flat screen monitor?

Do you want a printer? Color?

Do you want a scanner?

Do you want speakers (some models include them)?

Will you be using graphics programs that require special card?

What graphics programs do you use?

Will you want the fax/voice messaging software you currently use on the apartment computer?

Zip drive for back-ups and transportation?

Network card needed if want to connect to Bradley server via ISDN or DSL (more expensive).

What software will you want installed on the new computer?

Windows 98 (or the upgrade, which is Millennium; Windows 2000 is the upgrade to Windows NT)

Norton anti virus

Corel WordPerfect 8

Netscape Navigator (or Internet Explorer?)

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook/Exchange,

MS Publisher, MS Small Business Financial Manager)