Dear Mr Tchaikondi,
I am writing to inform you of the research I have undertaken and found. During the past fourteen days I have been researching Computer systems and their components, I have found many interesting things. For the last past two weeks I have found four computers systems and components in which are both suitable and appropriate for your British office. The budget I was given of 2,500 is a lot of money for a decent computer but each component needed that I add increases the total cost but I have managed to stick to the financial plan intended.
The following computer systems I have found all meet the specification details and targets proposed.

System 1-
Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
(2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
4GB DDR2 667MHz memory
640GB SATA hard drive (7200rpm)
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7050 onboard graphics
Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
18-in-1 media card reader
6x USB ports (2x front, 4x rear)
19" Packard Bell Viseo TFT display
CD/DVD disk drives for the children and teachers in Tanzania
Microsoft works
£599.99
System 2-
Commodore G9555 with Blue Portal CKin
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
(2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
320MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTS
4GB Corsair 800MHz memory
500GB hard drive
Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer
15-in-1 Media Card Reader
6 No of USB connections
£849.99
Norton 360 All-In-One Security Version 2.0 added for free
Microsoft - Suite Includes• Microsoft Office Excel 2007• Microsoft Office Excel 2007• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007• Microsoft Office Word 2007• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
New task based menus & toolbars
New Live Preview
New library of predefined QuickFormats
Quickly preview changes with LivePreview
New features help filter & find email
Improved junk mail technology
Advanced instant search capabilities
Category colouring
New To-Do Bar
Improved task & calendar integration
£199.00

System 3- Apple imac
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
(2.6 GHz, 800 MHz, 6 MB L2 Cache)
2 GB Memory
320 GB Hard Drive
20'' Glossy Widescreen Display
Wireless & Bluetooth 2.1 Networking
iLife 08 Software
iSight Camera
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO Graphics Card
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
Software titles included as standard with the iMac are iLife' 08, Front Row and Photo Booth, all pre-installed and operated via Apples Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system.
£949.99
Mac OS X v10.5 leopard –
· safari- (internet)
· mail- (emails)
· address book
· ical- (Calender)
· time machine (backing up your system etc)
· boot camp( when you need to open up software from other operating systems)
· ichat (instant messenger)
· iphoto (photo editing, sharing)
· imovie (movie maker, editor)
· iweb
· Iwork ( word processors, spreadsheets, presentations etc)

System 4-
Philips HEPC9602 with 22" display
Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
(2.4GHz, 1066MHZ FSB, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
2GB DDR2 667MHz memory
500GB SATA hard drive (7200rpm)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400GS graphics
Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
Digital TV Tuner
Built-in wireless (802.11b/g)
Integrated 1.3 million pixel webcam
£899.99
Norton 360 All-In-One Security Version 2.0 added for free

Microsoft - Suite Includes• Microsoft Office Excel 2007• Microsoft Office Excel 2007• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007• Microsoft Office Word 2007• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
£199.00

Out of these four computers I have come to a conclusion based on the facts I have above. I have chosen System four. I have chosen this computer system as it has all the properties needed that is listed and more. It comes with a virus protection programme which is really good seen as children may use the computer. The four computer systems above are all suitable as they are all similar in many ways. System 1 is near enough everything system four is but system four has a lot more to offer, for instance system four had a digital TV tuner, which would be useful to teachers and children. It features wireless network which is a plus due to not having as many leads and wires around.
I have picked this computer mainly due to these features-
2GB DDR2 667MHz memory
500GB SATA hard drive (7200rpm)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400GS graphics
Built-in wireless (802.11b/g)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
22” display

System three is close behind system four in my opinion as it has many unique features and functions but the leopard operating system can be very tricky to get used too if you didn’t have that operating system before hand. System two again has many decent features for instance it had a 500 GB hard drive which would be excellent as you can store lots of the computer system.
The total price of computer system four and the Microsoft package totals into

899.99+ 199.00 = 1108.99

This means there is still money left for components and extras. The total amount of money left over will be

2500- 1108.99= 1391.01

Install and run a Firewall.
To begin with Emily clicked the start button in the Left hand corner of the screen and then opened up the control panel. Turning on the firewall was both easy to find and turn on. After selecting the windows firewall button all she did was select the setting to turn the firewall on.

Virus Protection-
Again starting from the Start menu, emily scrolled down the list of programmes until she found AVG anti virus protection software. After opening the software Emily run a full computer scan. When the scan was complete she then clicked on Change scan settings. Emily then scheduled a weekly scan for 10 am for every Friday morning. Particulary in a business environment a daily scan at about half 6 in the evening would be more appropriate due to the impact it may have on the user as this may slow your computer down. Also a daily scan will decrease the likelyness of you getting a virus or spy on your computer.

Install Service Pack 2 patches for windows XP
Emily Started by opening up the internet explorer and searched in Google, Service pack 2 download. When the results came up Emily clicked on the following link http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.html
At this website address she downloaded the software she wanted.

Defragment hard drive-
Emily opened up my computer on the desk top screen and Right clicked and scrolled down to properties. After the Screen opened Emily clicked on the tools sub heading and pressed the button which says Defragment now. Emily Also had the choice to Schedule the Defragmenter like she did with the virus protection.

Drive Formatting-
Emily seemed to find this task easy as all she did was click on my computer and highlight the drive she wanted to format. Then she right clicked her mouse and selected format.

Create Folders.
Emily did this task in no time. Emily Right clicked her mouse on the desk top and scrolled down to new, then folder and then she named the folder. There were many different choices Emily looked at; as such she could have changed the icon for her folder. Although she didnt change any settings for her folder, she did have a quick scan through of her options.

Copy and delete files-
Emily copied a file from my documents and moved it into Emily’s files. After moving the file she then went back to my documents and deleted the file. Emily found this task simple, as she didn’t take long to do this task.