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Santa Ric Erwin

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INTERNET


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SANTA has ALWAYS been a product of his environment!!!

AGELESS, but not

CHANGELESS

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Okay, POP

QUIZ!Internet

EraSpace Age

Yours Truly

Personal Computin

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United States

Q: What Do All Five Of

These Things Have In Common With One Another?

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Okay, POP

QUIZ!Internet

EraSpace Age

Yours Truly

Personal Computin

g

United States

Q: WHAT DO THESE 5 THINGS ALL HAVE

IN COMMON?

4 A: WE’RE THE SAME AGE!!!


February 15, 1958

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July 29, 1958

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Santa Ric Erwin is born, the youngest of four boys,

in Duval County, near the city of Jacksonville, Florida 7

August 20, 1958


September 12, 1958

Nobel PhysicistJack Kilby

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The World’s First Integrated Circuit


Jan 3 & Aug 21, 1959

Our 49th & 50th United States!!


A Brief History Of The Internet

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The Modern Santa’sMUST-HAVE

AccessoryA Personal Computer That Is Connected To

The INTERNET–

WILL GROW YOURSANTA

BUSINESS!!

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COMPUTERS ARE A WARE!

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In fact, mostof them happen

to be MANY “wares”:

WEARware

HARDware

SOFTware

SHAREware

WETware


The computer’s equipment & all those devices

attached to it

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Handling A Growing

Problem

HARDWARE


SOFTWAREOperating Systems / Servers / Programs / Drivers / Browsers

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SHAREWARE


Was: Is:

Will Be:

WEARWARE:

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It’s WHERE We’re Going Next



Minority Report 3D Interfacing

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Minority Report Ads—TODAY!

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DESKTOP

or LAPTOP orMOBILE?

or or

NEW orREFURB

or USED

or or

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More OPTIONS, you say? OK—but be careful what you wish for:


Simply don’t have desk space for you, the latte maker and a PC

Have an awful aversion to wires Often wish you could take your PC

outside without using a hand truck Love your PC so much that you

cannot bear to be apart from it... Are secretly an espionage agent to

whom mobility means life or death

Get a DESKTOP if you:

DESKTOP or LAPTOP

Get a LAPTOP if you:

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Like paying less & getting more Plan to “pop the hood” on your PC

and just hot-rod the heck out of it

Work A LOT with multimedia: like audio/video/animation/web design

Don't really plan to take your PC anywhere—or if you do, don't really mind hauling all that gear around

(We’re looking at you, GAMERS…)UPGRADES & LIFESPAN : The average Laptop is replaced during its SECOND year of use, while the average Desktop (more easily upgraded) is kept for about TWICE that long…


MY PHONE IS BECOMING MY BIGGEST HANG-UP

(Get it? His phone is his biggest HANG UP?I tell you, sometimes Santa just SLEIGHS me!)

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New vs. UsedPROS:

SimplicitySpeed

Know-howTech Support

Warranty ServiceBundled Software

CONS:Cost vs. ValueSales PeopleDepreciation

PROS:50-75% Savings

Software longevityOwn BETTER than you could afford to

buy newModularity /Upgrades

Craigslist/ Recycler/ eBay/ Classifieds

CONS:Fear of Death

Fear of LonelinessFear of theUnknown



VINTAGE: could YOU tell the diff?

Vintage Refurbished Been there,

done that– got the

MAKEOVER

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REFURBISHED: Good as new?

Never been used– just NEVER GOT

SOLD

Full OEM Warranty

Full OEM Support

Guaranteed –30-90-180

days Online

Peer Support

“Ask yourself this:Why do practicallyALL of the world’s

computers STILL run WINDOWS?”

MicroSoft Founder Bill Gates

vs.

“Mac OS X powers iLife*--all those gadgets keepingour lives fun & productive--when we’re NOT chained to a desk.”(*iPod/iPhone/iPad/iSight/iWeb/MobileMe, etc…)

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WithBootCamp3.0, Apple ends a cross-platform feud that’s been running since the 90s: on a Mac you can now run BOTH.

WAKEUP/REBOOT TIMES

00:12 / 01:08 00:03 / 00:51

Overall Performance

64-Bit Processing

Battery Life

Graphics Power

Workspace Management

Multimedia & Gaming

Touch Computing

Secret Weapons

Should Be Used By: Bargain Hunters / Gamers / Office Users /

BluRay Video

Content Creators / iLife Luxury Consumers /

Techies


GOOGLE vs. BING vs.

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2000

2004

2008

2012


Web Browser Usage Stats: 2010

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HOW THE INTERNET WORKS

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NAVIGATING CYBER-SPACE:

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How can you find ANYTHING in this mess?


GETTING YOURSELF ON THE WEB

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CREATING YOUR WEBSITE

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I S A WIDE-OPEN FRONTIER


CYBER SPACE

So, get out there & MAKE YOUR

MARKWhich brings me to ANOTHER point:It’s called a “Domain

Name”– and it costs about $10/yr…

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R-O-A-D T-R-I-I-P !!!!

WHOAAA!!! HO! HO! HO-LD ON A SECOND,

E. Z. WIDER

First, let’s check traffic on the ol’INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY


Just A Few Internet Statistics

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Total usage in 2012 increased by 50%— IN A SINGLE YEAR!



FOUR MILLION “LIKES”!

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The most popular

FACEBOOK post of all

time!


ONE BILLION HITS!

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The most popular YouTube video of all time!


ONE BILLION HITS!

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The most popular YouTube video of all time!


Okay, I got a computer–NOW WHAT?

Crawl Before You Surf


For More Informatio

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DISCUSSION PERIOD

Questions?Comments?Suggestions?Anecdotes?


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