Choosing & Using a Laptop Computer

Course title Choosing and Using a Laptop Computer – getting the best out of portable computers
Lecturer Garfield Lucas BA
Venue Dental Informatics Suite, Highcroft
Learning  objectives Find out about…
  • Screen resolutions
  • Connecting to data projectors
  • Power consumption and preserving battery life
  • PCMCIA cards
  • Connecting machines together
  • Running big applications on small computers
  • Shuttling between two or more locations
  • Backing up
  • Security
Practical Delegates can check out our laptops (where available). Those who already own portable computers are invited to bring their machines with them to the class. This course will be of particular interest to those who want to use their laptop or palmtop to shuttle between two or more locations.
Total session duration approx. 2½ hours
Number of delegates 5 people, one PC each
Skills assumed of delegate Intermediate
You already know your way round one of the following Windows versions reasonably well: 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP.