Miscellaneous : Bits And Pieces part 2
Mouse : Any Mouse
Estimated Cost : PhP 80
It is very hard to recommend a mouse for anybody. Each person has different mouse preferences. Many people prefer the larger easy to grip, ergonomic spaceship...mice. Some people like the smallest ones. Others like hard and tough buttons while others prefer buttons which are soft to touch.
Aside from the physical part, there are also other factors that contribute to peoples tastes in mice. Some people like accelerating mouse pointers. A lot of people like having a third customizable button. Some prefer having scrolling wheels instead of a third button. Some demand two scrolling wheels! A few people like very high precision mice for their work.
Choosing the cheapest available mouse would fit our value computer's budget of the 20,000. These 80, yes eighty, peso mice perform flawlessly and in fact are more durable than most brands out there.
AVR : Powergrid 500W
Estimated Cost : PhP 450
An Automatic Voltage Regulator, AVR will protect your computer from fluctuations that occasionally happen. With it, the chance of your computer power supply ( the one with the fan at the back of the computers casing ) blowing up when a spike occurs, is lessened. Although these rarely happens, it still advisable to protect the computer from these potentially damaging spikes/fluctuations.
Before leaving a computer shop, be sure to test the AVR you have just purchased. The chance of it blowing up is of course, very unlikely. However, a certain AVR ( Powergrid ) that was plugged right out of the box literally exploded and took a monitor with it! Luckily, they where both under warranty and where immediately replaced. So it is always better to check an AVR before leaving the shop you bought it from.
Floppy Drive : Teac 1.44 Floppy Drive
Estimated Cost : PhP 540
Although there has been a steady decline in the use of this floppy disks, they are still very important. Among their most important uses include, creating start-up disks for Anti-Virus Software and making boot disks for those newly assembled systems. Besides, you can use them to swap small ( documents, jpegs etc. ) files with your friends and classmates.
And don't forget to buy drive cleaners when your drive refuses to read those floppies. Also, make it a habit to scan all disks that you borrow from anyone. Some viruses can be very malicious and destroy your motherboard.
