The computer could perfectly be the device representing the time we are living. The reason for this is not the mechanic reason that we live in the computer era but that the computer is something personal, daily and almost indispensable, and that is why this is the computer era. In this section, we will make a brief review on the uses of the computer at home. Why do we make the list? Because this is a site devoted to inform you about the best way to buy a computer and, by showing the list, you will be able to choose whether you are interested in the daily uses of this device and whether you will be concerned about them. It is true that “getting rid of” the computer is not easy at all because it affects any aspect of life, but it is possible to think what it will be used for and from there choose what computer will be more convenient for you.

Entertainment: in contrast with what many people believe, the computer does not entertain only the little ones but people from all ages play, take pleasure and entertain with it. According to which games you want to use, a video board should be bought or not. The video board is an extra computer component and it is bought separately. Most of the times, it is not essential, but there are some games and programs that need it to operate. Boards (whether they are video, sound, etc.) are memories added to the computer to be exclusively used to reproduce some of its functions (in this case, the function reproducing images).

Work: the idea that the computer is only useful for work to write reports or for children to make a simple project for school has been left behind. With the development of personal computers, these have become the tool covering all the others and people can work at home with his computer having everything they need. Of course, it depends on the type of job you do. Current computers and programs can professionally process images, sounds, texts, financial calculations, building projects, chemical formulae, son on and so forth. In relation to work, computers and internet lead the job search. In recent years, companies no longer post their ads on newspapers, they do it on the job search Web sites. These advertisements do not generally require presentation in person, but sending a résumé via e-mail.

Communication: in this third item, we are forced to say that when you do not have a computer, you communicate poorly. A computer does not need to be unbelievably powerful to achieve an extraordinary communicative power; in fact, a very simple computer could perfectly do it. When he gets on line, an user has lot of instant messengers available, e-mail accounts (both with specific software and Web mails), the chance to enter any website in the world, virtual encyclopaedias, massive discussion forums, chat rooms to meet people with similar interests, contacts and phone numbers for almost any entity in the world and the chance to quite carefully get related to anyone you like.