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The Computer Learning Center at Ewing, New Jersey Presents “Buying a Mobile Personal Computer”

Today‘s rapidly changing, and at times confusing, technology leads people in the market for a new computer to one burning question: What do I buy?

On Tuesday, March 2,  instructor Sol Libes will explore the issue of “Buying a Mobile Personal Computer.”  This free program, sponsored by the Computer Learning Center (CLC) at Ewing, will begin at 2 p.m. in the Senior and Community Center located at 999 Lower Ferry Road in Ewing.  It will be preceded at 1:30 p.m. by a question and answer session during which the audience can address individual computer questions to CLC’s all-volunteer faculty. The non-profit CLC presents its “Computer Tips and Tricks” programs as a public service on the first Tuesday of each month.
         

“Personal computers are getting smaller and smaller,” says Libes who believes the days dominated by desktop computers are waning. “Today you can choose to compute on a wide variety of devices ranging from pocket computers to smartphones, tablets, netbooks, notebooks, and laptops. Making a decision on what to buy and which alternative best meets your computing needs is not easy.”  During his presentation, Libes will compare the advantages and disadvantages of all these devices and attempt to answer audience questions about their comparative strengths and weaknesses.
        

Libes, who has been a volunteer member of CLC’s faculty for more than 10 years, is a retired Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Programming and the author of 16 books, primarily on computer hardware and software design. He has also written extensively for many magazines and journals, served as a monthly columnist for Byte magazine, and was for eight years the Editor of Microsystems Journal, a publication for computer hardware and software designers.  In 1975, he founded the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, the oldest personal computer club in continuous existence, and served for many years as President.  He also co-founded the Trenton Computer Festival, a personal computer show held in recent years at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, which has taken place annually for the past 35 years ago. 
      

The Computer Learning Center at Ewing offers a full curriculum of computer-related courses, taught by and designed for adults age 50 and older in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. For further information about the March 2 program, CLC courses or directions to the Center call 609-882-5086, 609-883-1776, Ext. 6205, or visit the CLC’s website at www.ewingsnet.com.