These days, if you would like to buy computers and stuff, I doubt one would actually go shop to shop just to compare models, prices, features, etc. I think by the time you get to the third shop, you would have felt pretty overwhelmed by the sales persons or the amount of models you see, but that may be just me.

Knowing me then, a friend told me about SHOPwiki. Apparently, they have a huge database of products which are available online and it helps by providing people like me a good place to shop and compare before I ultimately buy.

To start of, I was looking for a printer. Should it be for normal printing or should I go for the one that also prints photos? Should I get a plain one or should I consider the one which can fax, print and scan?

Next, I was also looking for the computer itself. Can you imagine all those brands out there? The last one I had was a cloned one and I found out that the price of a cloned one could be more expensive than a genuine one!

Then I wondered if I should get a laptop or a desktop? A desktop would obviously take up space, but at least I can choose the keyboard and mouse I like, which is very important to me. But a laptop offers me so much more freedom!

And lastly, what kind of speakers should I get??

Thank goodness there is SHOPwiki! At least I can keep the sales people at bay!!

Do you have any ideas on the above? Please share!