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Personal computer (laptop and desktop) prices may have crashed. The low price tags, however, can be misleading � especially for first-time buyers.

Consider this. All low-cost laptops and desktops come pre-loaded with a Linux OS or a DOS version (obsolete on desktops).

The installation of a legal Microsoft operating system (OS) and office suite (for word, excel, etc) will increase the price of the desktop or laptop by 20 to 35 per cent.

What's wrong with a free Linux OS and office suite like openoffice.org, one may ask? Linux is free but has no support unless one gets it installed from Red Hat or Novell (that charge for support and maintenance, since the OS is free).

This increases the cost. Besides, analysts aver, 95 per cent or more of the current 22 million users in India use Microsoft OS and Office on the desktop.

Of this, it is estimated, over 70 per cent of Microsoft OS, and over 90 per cent of Microsoft Office, is pirated. With Microsoft clamping on piracy, getting a legal OS becomes imperative.

"While the mid- and low-range PC market is growing, how much impact the introduction of low-cost PC/laptops has on the market is too early to predict. While the hardware players have done their bit of reducing cost, it is now up to the other players to come up with solutions that will make consumers adopt the technology," says Piyush Pushkal, Assistant Director, Research, IDC.

The cheapest laptop from HCL Infosystems [Get Quote] � 'MiLeap', for instance, comes for just Rs 13,990. It sports a flash drive, free Linux OS and a seven-inch screen.

The ACi Ethos 7 model (from Allied Computers International, Asia) for Rs 14,999, on the other hand, comes with DOS. The cost of the system increases substantially when you think of a larger screen and additional features.

Prayer Brings Victory

Prayer Brings Victory
                                                           

This is Cool!  

 

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark McGuire's hands is worth $19 million.
It depends on whose hands it's in.

A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Roger Federer's hands is a championship winner.
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy.
A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

 

As you see now it depends whose hands it's in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families, and your relationships in God's hands because...
It depends whose hands it's in.

 

 

This message is now in your hands.
What will YOU do with it?

 

It Depends on Whose Hands it's in!!  
 

 

Suffering produces Endurance,
Endurance produces Character,
Character produces Hope and
Hope will not Disappoint.
SO Rejoice in your Suffering
                                   Romans 5: 3-5

 GOD LOVES YOU ALL!!!!!!

 

 

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Principle of SHARIA''H Investment

The term 'Islamic Investment ' in this article means a joint pool wherein the investors contribute their surplus money for the purpose of its investment to earn halal profits in strict conformity with the precepts of Islamic Shari'ah. The subscribers of the Fund may receive a document certifying their subscription and entitling them to the pro-rata profits actually accrued to the Fund. These documents may be called 'certificates' 'units' 'shares' or may be given any other name, but their validity in terms of Shari'ah, will always be subject to two basic conditions: