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 Hooking Up with
Online Technology


ebay

  • In This Chapter
  •  Setting up your hardware 
  •  Going online without your own computer 
  •  Choosing your Internet service provider
  •   Getting e-mail 
  •  Getting friendly with your browser

If the whole idea of Technology give you the willies, dont back out now
I feel your pain. Every tech-oriented bit of knowledge that’s entered my
Pea-sized brain has Penetrated only afteer a great deals of mental whining.
I suffered the pain so that you wouldn’t have to.
better yet, you don’t need to know much technologyy (in the true sense of
the word) to run a successful online business. Most online sellers have no
more knowledge than you will after you read this chapter.

Starting with the Right Computer

you don’t have to know a lot of fancy computer Mumbo-jumbo too do well on
eBay, but you must have a computer. If you’re in the market for a computer,
you can buy or lease a new, used, or refurbished system, depending on your
computing needs.

The absolute necessities

although the followiing list is a geared mainly toward the purchase of new
PCS, which you can get for Considerably under a thoussand bucks, you
should read this innfo even if you’re thinking of Buying a used computer

# Look for a computer with a good memory. 

Remember that 1950s
horror movie, The Blob? The more time you spend using your computer,
the more stuff you want to save on your hard drive. The more stuffed
your hard drive, the more Blob-like it becomes. A hard drive with at