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Q – Who and What is Summit Publishing? A - Summit Publishing is a part of Summit Diversified Services, Inc. Both are small businesses, totally 100% independently owned. Summit Publishing provides information (books, booklets, etc.) on various subjects to its customers as well as producing and marketing E-Z Projection Business Planning Software. Summit Publishing's goal is to help its customers save time and money by providing needed information and software on a variety of subjects in a complete yet concise format (via print or electronically). One portion of this website is designed to gather information from Personal Computer owners to benefit PC shoppers, our customers, and even those who already own PCs. This website also provides free, and/or for purchase, time and money saving documents and/or services concerning different aspects of 'Shopping Smart' for your Personal Computer. If you already own a PC system, please participate in helping to build the database of PC information by filling-in the ' Owner's Input Form' concerning your PC system. And if you don't currently own a PC, but are thinking of buying a PC system, please visit the rest of our site. This link, 'Take Me to PC Smart Shopping', will take you to the first page of our 'Personal Computer Shopping & Buying Tips' website. Or, if you prefer, try this link, 'Take Me to the Beginning', to go to the home page of our 'Summit Diversified Services' website, which includes the 'PC Owner's' site and the 'E-Z Projection Business Software' site. (Why not 'bookmark' this website so that you can easily find us again?) to return to your previous page Click here to go to the top of this page. Q – Is Summit Publishing affiliated with or owned by some company in the computer industry? A - Summit Publishing is a part of Summit Diversified Services, Inc. Both are small businesses, totally 100% independently owned and in no way affiliated with any computer industry companies or individuals. We receive absolutely no compensation or endorsements from any computer industry companies or individuals. It is this total independence that allows Summit Publishing to remain free to offer completely unbiased information and recommendations to our customers. to return to your previous page Click here to go to the top of this page. Q – What is the purpose of getting PC Owners' input about their PC systems? A - Summit Publishing is providing this opportunity to invite PC Owners to take part in creating a large database of PC information. This information, when consolidated into a single report, will reflect trends concerning PC systems and their owners' experiences, opinions and advice. New PC buyers, as well as current owners, can benefit from knowing which PC manufacturers are ranked the highest and why, who provides the best technical support, which are the most popular systems, what advice owners share most with a first-time buyer, what would most owners do differently now when buying a new PC, and much, much more! to return to your previous page Click here to go to the top of this page. Q – Is there a charge for obtaining this consolidated report? A - Because of the expense of maintaining the web site, processing the data, consolidating the information and publishing it in a readable format, Summit Publishing will make available for purchase to interested buyers this “consolidated report” of valuable and helpful information. However, if you are a PC owner, and you take the time to become a part of building this unique and informative database by completing the entire input form (serious input only please), then Summit Publishing will provide you with a “FREE” copy of the consolidated report as our way of saying “Thank You” for your time and contribution! (You may request your FREE copy at the bottom of the ' Owner's Input Form'.) Of course since this site is new, it may take a while for the database to become sufficiently large to provide meaningful information concerning trends, etc. So if you participate in building this database, please be patient about receiving your "FREE" copy of the consolidated report. We know you would prefer meaningful information even if it may take a little longer to receive it. Please know that we appreciate your participation and your patience. to return to your previous page Click here to go to the top of this page. Q – When you use the term “personal computer”, what kind of computer do you mean? A – At Summit Publishing, we use the term “personal computer” or PC for short, to mean any IBM compatible ‘desktop’ computer. When we use the term PC, we are not referring to the Apple or Macintosh type of computer. Our information deals with IBM compatible computers only. Our recommendations are for IBM compatible PCs in desktop, mini-desktop, mid-tower or full-tower cases. Even though much of our information can be used to evaluate and shop for IBM compatible laptop computers, there are still many differences that exist between ‘desktop’ and ‘laptop’ computers. Therefore, we do not include laptops in our Personal Shopper recommendations at this time. If there is a demand to include information and recommendations for IBM compatible laptop computers, then we will certainly look in to making that service available to our customers. to return to your previous page Click here to go to the top of this page. Q – Why are you only providing information and recommendations for the IBM compatible computers? A – Primarily because the marketplace (consumers and manufacturers alike) have chosen the IBM compatible format as the format of choice for today. There are more IBM compatible computers (as opposed to the Apple/Macintosh alternative) manufactured and sold today by a large variety of companies. There are many more choices available in the IBM compatibles which has created intense competition and lower prices on the IBM compatible computers. When new peripherals or software is released, it is usually released first for the IBM compatibles and later for the Apple line, maybe. The Apple/Macintosh computers are very good computers and many Mac devotees remain ‘religiously’ faithful to their machines. However, with the advent of Windows 95, the fact is that the primary marketing advantage of the Mac (i.e. its ‘graphical user interface’) was lost. Even though Windows 95 in its initial release, doesn’t achieve the same standard as the Mac’s operating system, the Mac’s position as the only real ‘user friendly’ computer on the market was lost and the dominance of the IBM compatible computer has only increased. By focusing on the lion’s share of the marketplace (i.e. the IBM compatibles) and by narrowing our focus to this one area, Summit Publishing is able to provide to the largest group of shoppers, complete and continually updated, 'Smart Shopping' information and recommendations. to return to your previous page. Click here to go to the top of this page. |
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