संगणकीय

Identified PC attributes

2007-12-29T23:15:00.000+05:30

12 hours a day run... (effecient sleep/active mode function)
Music replay / editing capability
Video replay / editing capability
Gaming
Internet
Reliable backup / storage
all std repairable / replacable spares over a longer period of time
pc net conn / voice multiplexing

stock taking - inventory mgt
monthly accounting - home

sample configuration

2007-12-29T22:42:00.000+05:30

Wipro PC
high end Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel board, 1 GB RAM, 17 Inch TFT,
Licensed Win XP,
3 yr onsite support for 42K.

Lower configs (P4 or Pentium D based systems) should be available at fairly lower prices (> 30K). Delivery is direct from Wipro Factory to home. My aim was that the PC will recieve a good support. Wipro has nationwide support and good processes. One one occasion, support call was answered well.
Hathway Broadband plan for 100 MB is for 300/- It is very stable and support is good.

Please note, generally Wipro handles bulk orders through dealers. Retail customers are yet to warm up to the idea that original components, support is worth paying for. Hence it took me quite a while to get that worked out. When you contact these people, you need to be specific for what you want, and ready to close the order in a few mail exchanges with very clear communication. This is cause for a single PC, they are a bit wary fo a long drawn sales cycle. Tell them that you got their contact details from me and they will know :)

As for download limits, 10 MB is indeed less, but it gets used more only when I am arround, so it works better to pay as you go than paying a flat higher charge. You can check at Hathway.com for current schemes. suppose Install charges will also be mentioned, probably be arround ~3000/-

It is possible to negociate, and confirm PC order from net, probably pay through e-transfer, get it shipped to home and get set up from vendor. Same probably applies for broadband. One just needs to set up the firewall in the strictect possible way. Hope you can get the setup done remotely. Hope this helps!

For wipro, one orders through dealers, but it's custom assembled and shipped directly from factory. So they are somewhere close to the Dell way of doing things. I negociated/finalised from email/phone, and paid by check in full before delivery. You can review the models on their site. If you buy OS license, they preinstall OS, Service packs, Office suite (open office) etc and also physically setup the machine. I would suggest go for Win XP instead of Vista. It's less resource hungry, and stable.

संगणकावर मराठीत लिखाण

2007-09-08T13:36:00.000+05:30

मराठीत लिखाण करण्याचे अनेक मार्ग आहेत. हे मुख्यत: ट्रांसलिटरेशन म्हणजे रोमन लिपीत लिहिलेल्या मराठीचे देवनागरीत रुपांतर करून केले जाते. ह्या दैनंदिनिवरिल लेखहे असेच लिहिले आहेत. (http://quillpad.in/marathi/) परंतु कीबोर्डवर थेट मराठी अक्षरे टाइप करण्यासाठी ज्या पध्दती अस्तिवात आहेत, त्या वापरल्या जात नाहीत. नुकतेच एका प्रौढ व्यक्तीस संगणक शिकवताना हे जाणवले, की इंग्लीश कीबोर्ड वापरण्याची सवय असलेल्या व्यक्तीस जरी ट्रांसलिटरेशन वर आधारित पध्दत मराठी टाइप करण्यास सुलभ असली तरी सर्वसामान्य जनतेसाठी ही पध्दत तितकिशी चांगली नाही. याशिवाय, ज्या भारतात जवळपास 25% लोकसंख्या देवनागरी लिपीचा वापर करते, वा त्यातील बहुसंख्य लोकांना इंग्लीश येत नाही, त्यांना हा मार्ग वापरण्यायोग्य नाही. म्हणून कीबोर्डवर थेट मराठी अक्षरे टाइप करण्याची पध्दत शिकंयाचा प्रयत्न येथे नोंदला जाइल

प्रयोजन

2007-09-07T00:08:00.000+05:30

नमस्कार, आजपासून एक नवीन दिनंदिनी चालू करत आहे. ह्याचा मुख्य उद्देश मराठीमधील संगणक वापराचा प्रयत्न, त्यात आलेल्या अडचणी आणि त्यावर मार्ग यांच्या नोंदी ठेवणे हा असेल. लौकरच संगणक विकत घेण्यापासून तो व्यवस्थित वापरण्यायोग्या करण्यासंबंधीविषयीचे लेख ही येथे प्रसारित केले जातील.