Majour Manufacturers
www.apple.com - Manufacturer of
Macintosh computers and the MacOS operating system
www.microsoft.com - Manufacturer of
intellectual property, software such as Windows, Word, Excel, DOS,
and a few other programs.
www.dell.com - Dell makes computer
systems, and they have quality products
www.winbook.com - WinBook makes quality
laptops and have great support
www.packardbell.com - let's just
say I get a lot of business because of the lack of quality of their
products
www.toshiba.com - I wouldn't recommend
their laptops, but you can try them if you want to risk it
ISP - Internet Service Providers
www.mindspring.com - home grown in
Atlanta, this company has superiour customer relations, just try to
call most companies and ask for help and then compare it to what you
will find from MindSpring/EarthLink
www.aol.com - this company has a certain
notoriety with junk mail, annoying advertizement screens, and customer
service which has actually improved a little over time - buyer beware
www.BellSouth.com - just a local phone
service getting into the internet... see also www.pacbell.com, etc.
Linux - an organization of people who have banded together to form a more
perfect operating system in spite of the overpowering control of
the software operating system manufacturers.
www.linux.com
www.linux.org
www.redhat.com
free e-mail servers
mail.yahoo.com - free email from Yahoo
www.hotmail.com - free email from
Microsoft
Search Engines
www.yahoo.com - biggest name recognition
www.google.com - fastest search engine
www.dogpile.com - searches multiple
search engines at once
www.eudora.com - a superior email
program, far better than Outlook has ever been
www.hotfiles.com - a web site which
has links to lots of good files, programs, and such
www.clarkhoward.com - visit the
financial advice guru Clark Howard, and see how he can save you
money and maybe even more
www.napster.com - Napster, the New
Artist Program, is a program and an organization for sharing music
files of artists amongst individuals... use with caution and abide
by copyright laws :)
www.zdnet.com - ZDNet is a watchdog of
the computer industry and a source for good advice and reviews
www.netscape.com - manufacturer of
the web browser Netscape
www.edmunds.com - great for
evaluating automobiles both new and used
www.claris.com