A blog about anyInput, experiences running it, and thoughts about my day job

Desktop PC systems have always been and likely always will be the way that most people buy PCs, notebook PCs (also called laptops) have become very popular in recent years. At first they were almost exclusively the province of big business “high rollers” due to their very high cost. Now the cost of some notebooks PCs has come down dramatically, and they have really entered the mainstream. Many people use a notebook as their only PC today, and for some they offer advantages that make them very worthwhile. However, notebooks also represent a trap that far too many people fall into.

Let’s illustrate the reality of desktops vs. notebooks by looking at the relative advantages of each. First, the advantages of desktops over notebooks:

* Price: Desktops are always cheaper than notebooks for comparable performance and features. In fact, they are often half the price or less. (Although part of the reason for this discrepancy is the LCD screen used on notebooks; see below for more on this subject.)
* Performance and Capacity: Most desktop PCs provide better performance than notebook PCs in addition to being cheaper. For example, you can’t get at any cost a standard hard disk for a notebook that is as large as the ones shipping in better desktop setups. You can’t get a 10,000 RPM hard disk for a notebook. You can’t get a 21″ monitor; etc.
* Technology Lag: With rare exceptions, new technologies show up in desktop PCs at least six to twelve months before they make their way to notebooks. Notebook users are always “behind the technology curve” relative to desktop users.
* Reliability: Due to the extreme miniaturization and difficult design constraints inherent in the compactness of notebooks, and the fact that they get moved around a great deal, notebooks are considerably less reliable than desktops. The “rule of thumb” figure I last saw was that a notebook was ten times as likely to require service as a desktop. That seems a bit high to me, but regardless of the exact number, it is significantly more likely that a notebook PC will need repair. They are fragile and must always be treated with care.
* Expandability: Desktops have far more expansion options than notebooks. A desktop PC has expansion slots that let you add any of a variety of thousands of hardware cards. Notebooks now have PC card slots, which are a wonderful improvement over how things were before they were invented. Some notebooks also have available docking stations that can take one or maybe two expansion cards (at considerable expense). Still, there’s really no comparison; desktops are much more expandable.
* Selection: There are thousands of notebook models made by hundreds of companies, but there even more options for desktop units. This is also less of an issue than it was several years ago, but still, you don’t have nearly as many choices for notebooks as you do for desktops.
* Configurability: When ordering a new notebook you will have fewer options for customizing your configuration than you will for a desktop. Most notebook manufacturers have a number of different standard configurations from which you can choose, but limited options beyond that point.
* Upgradeability: Most desktop PCs have a myriad of upgrade options available to them; more memory can be added, hard disks easily replaced, and sometimes, even the system processor can be upgraded at low expense. A motherboard upgrade can be a bit pricey and difficult, but is much cheaper than getting a whole new system while yielding many of the benefits. In contrast, despite improvements in recent years (user-upgradeable memory and hard disks being the most obvious) notebooks have few upgrade options.

And again, having said all of this, bear in mind that notebooks have actually greatly improved in several of these areas over the last few years! This is especially true in the areas of expandability, selection and reliability. Yet still, the gaps persist, and likely always will. Now, let’s take a look at the advantages of notebooks over desktops:

* Portability: Notebooks let you “take your PC with you”. You aren’t tied down to one location; you can work at the office and your home with the same equipment and the same data. You can work in transit, and take everything with you on trips.
* Power Savings: Notebooks use much less power than desktops.

That’s pretty much it! And in fact, that’s what the decision of desktop vs. notebook comes down to: how important is the portability to you? Do you really need to take the machine with you? For many businesspeople, the answer is a resounding “YES!” However, some folks (including myself once, many years ago) talk themselves into buying notebooks by greatly overestimating how much traveling they will do, or based upon romantic notions of writing the Great American Novel on the beach in the moonlight. Unfortunately, that’s not how things usually work out in the real world. :^) So be sure to be honest with yourself about your portability needs.

So guys, have you seen the difference between the two? So the next time you go shopping for your computer, consider this thoughts first, as it may have a great factor in improving your life. Always weight the pros and cons. The decision you make will always depends on how will you use this new computer and what is this for. Desktop Computers are intended for a fixed office jobs while Laptops are for the business men who goes on and off the office while still needs to optimize their time while on travel.

More on this later.

Definitely, a website that has a lot of contents impresses visitors, this is because they come back again and again to see updates on articles, news, tutorials and a lot more.

But what about websites that sells products and database driven sites like anyInput.com, anyAssets, anyUI and anyInfos?

While product based websites contains things to sell, and mostly database driven sites, it should also contain description, promotional articles that would support the integrity of the product you are selling, maybe a dummy site or subdirectory that will contain marketing techniques that points them to the products you are selling like promotions, discounts or other things that explains the beauty and strength of the products could be made. Otherwise, your site will be found dead, NO visitors, NO sales.

Another tips for creating content on your site is to make an appeal to the buyer or visitors that will drive them to visit your site again and again. Be sure not to copy other sites’ content, which some owners or even writers and webmasters do to save money and time. You could derive thoughts and ideas from them, make an original article and claim them as your authored one, besides you don’t want to face infringement and plagiarism issues, right?

A good content shows the writer’s own personality and flavor. But an informative contents should be based on what really had happen or is happening and not a personal opinion. It can be based on what you have experienced especially when talking about problems that you have solved or technique and tips you have discovered.

Make sure what your site is explaining should be understood by many. Use the English language as much as possible, since it is the primary business language the world understands, although there are a lot of language translation tools available for those who can’t. This ensures that people knows what they are reading and will not be mislead, since you are promoting your site internationally.

Remember to check your grammar everytime a content is published, this will increase your site’s integrity and will tell people that you are serious in your internet business and that you are really professional.

Last thing here, always make sure you do daily or regular updates. People will be more excited to visit your site again and again to see the newest content and updates. This will avoid being tagged as a boring site.

Advertising revenue through Google adSense is my primary business model. The revenue I earn is in proportion to the number of page views my sites get. As the number of page views increases so will the revenue. Unfortunately, you can’t survive on the advertising model because the earnings are not high on sites with a low number of page views. Unless your site achieves millions or billions or page views per month and costs little to run don’t expect to quit your job or earn thousands.

If I achieve say 1 billion page views a month, then advertisers will come pay me directly and I will earn some serious $$$$. I will not need to use Google adSense as my ad middleman any longer. However, with the current concept of anyInput, achieving 1 billion page views a month may unrealistic in the short term. Sites that get 1 billion page views a month quickly are sites that are interesting to the majority of people out there. Social sites where you can view profiles about people such as facebook, plentyoffish and etc. are interesting to people.

Advertising revenue should be my secondary business model since the earnings are low. In the short term, relying on advertising model will not produce a sustainable business and the advertising model will not allow me to survive in the short term. Therefore, my primary model is changing to the collection of a monthly subscription fee from small businesses interested in using the anyInput concept.