The digital revolution is in full swing, but there’s no need to be left out just because your technology hasn’t kept up with the Jones’ (or the Jobs’). Apple’s much trumpeted digital lifestyle gives you the power to share, archive and display your music, films, home movies and photos.

Since (and indeed before) the days when the Apple II and Commodore 64 sat on our desks and we wrote software to blank cassettes, computer users the world over have faced a universal conundrum … sacrificing file size without sacrificing quality or quantity.

A potential downfall is having to input a salesperson for each sale. If you run a cash-only business like a store, even setting a salesperson as ‘C’ is an extra step you could do without. You also can’t set the preferences to let you turn off the receipt feature so you’re forced to print one every time.