Recently, subscriber Don Hammons wrote to ask about how to treat the battery in a notebook computer. Don is the proud owher of a new Dell notebook.
Hey Terry,
I have searched your site looking for info for a new Notebook user. I was interested in how to handle power for the Notebook, especially whether [...]

With your first computer (or even your fifth!), don’t be too quick to buy Microsoft Office — there’s a great, free alternative called OpenOffice.
First, let me say it this way: “If you can use Excel, you can use Calc.”
It’s really that simple. Learning to use a spreadsheet — learning the concepts of putting variable data [...]