Introduction
Our friend has just started a new publishing company – Starlight. She is in the midst of setting up her new office. According to her, she has 4 staff working in her office: an editor, a bookkeeper, a head of sales and marketing, and a designer.
Just like the name, editors typically do a lot of editing. They plan out and revise the material to be published. Editors also proofread a lot of material, determining what would suit the best interests of the reader and giving suggestions on titles and headline.
Bookkeepers play a vital role in most companies, that is to record transactions such as post debits and profits, as well as being responsible for some, if not all, of a company’s accounts. They also produce financial statements and all sorts of other documents required by their employer.
The head of sales and marketing handles online and offline sales. They offer advice on distribution and are usually experts at managing websites, which is a trait required for successful online sales.
They are extremely important in getting the word out there, or in other words, advertising the company’s products.
Finally, a designer is primarily in charge of font layout and cover for books, magazines, and other forms of work being published. They are indispensable, especially when books with a lot of graphics are being published. Their line of work generally involves a lot of drawing, photo editing and planning.
In the midst of all the preparation, she has sought for our advice and assistance on how to setup the computers in her office.
We have taken all factors into consideration, including the type of company as well as the work that will be done by her staff with these computers. These are our suggestions:
PC Requirements
After much evaluation and research, we’ve decided to recommend the Dell XPS 8930 to our friend.
We’ve decided on this model mainly because of its affordable price point. Seeing how the publishing company is still a small business, they probably wouldn’t have allocated to big of a budget just for the PC. Therefore, getting cheaper PCs would ease the burden on the companies’ funds. Though relatively cheaper, it can be upgraded in the future when more funds are available for it.
The base model comes with an 8th-gen Intel Core processor (Intel Core i3-8100). This processor is mainly marketed for working desktop computers, and is the most basic CPU of the new Core i3 family.