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“Poor Richard” put his finger on this simple key to an expanding economy over 200 years ago. So isn’t it strange to find people - well-meaning people - in this country today who still frown on the luxuries most of us work to enjoy? They want the government to restrict the broad range of products and services in the marketplace. And to cut back on advertising because it makes people want things they don’t need.
Don’t need? Well, of course, no little girl needs a bow in her hair. Yet, Mary Murphy will forever top off the apple of her eye with a ribbon. And where would the ribbon factories be without her? And the ribbon clerks?
It is just this very human desire to add the little frills to our living that has created our jobs and our prosperity ... the ribbon factories and automobile factories and television factories ... and the most dynamic economy in man’s history. Shouldn’t we be careful about how we tinker with the forces that have created all this? Because the simple, troubling truth is, nobody knows for sure how far you can regulate our economy without damaging it.
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The U.S. has the most elaborate communications system in the world. Our tightly wired web of communications includes television, radio, cable TV, private carrier systems and the extensive telephone system. The major inconvenience in plugging into this sytem is that you have to be ready to receive when a message of interest is sent. You have to arrange your life around the time set for the evening news, or you will miss it. You have to be home to receive a phone call , or you will not get it.
Now a cresting wave of consumer products is helping us break free of the time tyranny of telecommunications. Video recorders, telephone answering machines, portable telephones and mini tape recorders make the messages of the communications system available to us when we want them, not just when the messages are being sent. While you and your family go out to dinner, one tape recorder can record the evening news and another can answer the telephone. Later at your leisure, you can check to see if the communications system has any messages for you.
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What Do Knowledge Workers Need?
Knowledge workers move from one activity to another throughout the day- from attending a meeting to returning a phone call, from writing a memo to preparing a budget, from reading through mail to making a presentation. In the course of a day they often need to analyze and combine information from a number of sources.
Knowledge workers need a personal computer that can handle all the information that crosses their desks. That can move information from one document to another - from a spread- sheet to a report, for example. That can help them to communicate their ideas effectively- because the presentation counts. They need a computer that works the way they do.
And knowledge workers are busy people. So their computer must be powerful, fast and easy to use.
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What makes the PC a very personal computer?
It’s personally sized, for one thing. The PC is compact and lightweight, so you can take it wherever it’s needed. And it is very easy to learn and use, so just about everyone can benefit from its versatile capabilities, which can be expanded by adding options that give it the power to compute and store more information, to print documents, to exchange information over standard telephone lines, and more.
Perhaps the most personal touch associated with it is its price. The PC is very affordable, so it will fit nicely into your budget as well as your lifestyle.
The PCs ability to organize and manage information can help you reduce clutter and its familiar by-products: disorganized or misplaced personal records; indecipherable lesson plans; overlooked birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions; and more. With a PC to help you meet your information handling needs, you could become more organized, more productive, and more efficient.
Plan your day, week or month more efficiently. PC software includes programs such as Time Manager which will help you keep track of engagements, appointments and assignments, and also remind you of important dates throughout the year, such as birthdays and holidays