There's another reason why companies cannot afford to ignore this new way of communication. After all, the internet is the biggest invention since the printer.Computers and our daily livesWhy do we use them?Why do we use computers at home? There's a million answers for that, but they mostly sum up to the same purpose; entertainment. Desktop computers are now very powerful, they are computers, but they can be used for a sound system, television and a lot of other things. You can scan pictures, incorporate them into a family album, a genealogical tree, you can do whatever you like. Almost every day, a new program comes out on the market and offers new applications that are focused on home use. Although desktop computers are mainly for hobbies and entertainment, a lot of work can be done on those computers. Word processing, accounting, and other applications can be done on desktop computers. Desktop computers offer the possibility of doing work at home because the same work that is done at the office can also be done at home. Therefore individuals can use their home computers for entertainment, but personal computers make a very useful work tool when not at work.What are the advantages of owning a personal computer The advantages are endless. A student for example who owns his own computer can practice some work done at school in is own home. With a computer, access to the internet is really easy to have and having access to the internet at home can be the number one advantage of owning a computer at home. The Internet is the biggest library in the world, you can have access to basically anything you want, all the information is free and you don't even have to get out of your own home to obtain this information. Although desktop computers for home usage represents a very small percentage of the sales of computers for businesses, it is growing at a very rapid paste. New programs and application come out on the market and these programs all...
