Q: If I buy a PC with an AMD processor instead of an Intel one, will I run into any compatibility issues with common software like Vista or Office 2007?

A: No, as long as the AMD processor, and/or its accompanying graphics and other chips, called a 'chip set,' are rated as being able to handle the graphics in the version of Vista you are buying. Each chip company makes some low-end models that handle certain tasks more slowly than their mainstream or top-of-line models. And gamers are often particular about which chip sets they buy. But, in my experience, roughly comparable AMD and Intel processors and chip sets are equally compatible with common software like Office and Windows.

Q: I have been using the Netscape Web browser for years. I am interested in shifting to using the Firefox browser. How do I transfer my extensive list of book marks from Netscape to Firefox?

A: Firefox will import your Netscape bookmarks automatically during the installation process, just as it can automatically import bookmarks from other browsers like Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera.

Q: Friends who use Macs tell me they have a removable backup device that backs up their entire hard drive, including programs. Is there something similar for PCs?

A: You appear to be referring to Time Capsule, which is an Apple hardware product that combines a hard disk and a wireless base station and is meant to work with the Mac's built-in Time Machine automated backup feature. The answer is that there are many backup drives for Windows PCs, and that lots of them work with Macs as well. All the major hard-disk makers sell external hard disks that connect to a PC either directly, or over a network, and which come with relatively simple backup programs. Some of these programs will do complete, automated backups of everything on your PC, including applications. Even Apple's Time Capsule can be used to back up files from Windows PCs, though it doesn't come with Windows backup software, and setting it up for Windows is slightly trickier than doing so on a Mac.

問(wèn)：如果我買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)使用AMD而不是英特爾(Intel)處理器的個(gè)人電腦，在運(yùn)行Vista或Office 2007等常用軟件時(shí)是否會(huì)遇到兼容性問(wèn)題呢？

答：不會(huì)，只要AMD處理器及配套的圖形或其他芯片（稱(chēng)做“芯片組”）能夠處理你Vista中的圖形文件就行。各家芯片公司都會(huì)生產(chǎn)一些低端產(chǎn)品，在處理某些任務(wù)時(shí)會(huì)比其主流或高端型號(hào)的產(chǎn)品慢很多。游戲玩家常常非常在意他們購(gòu)買(mǎi)的芯片組型號(hào)。但憑我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)看，AMD和英特爾同類(lèi)別的處理器及芯片組都同樣兼容Office和Windows等常用軟件。

問(wèn)：我多年來(lái)一直在使用網(wǎng)景公司(Netscape)的網(wǎng)頁(yè)瀏覽器。現(xiàn)在我想改用火狐(Firefox)瀏覽器。如何能把我的大量書(shū)簽從網(wǎng)景瀏覽器轉(zhuǎn)到火狐瀏覽器中？

答：火狐會(huì)在安裝時(shí)自動(dòng)導(dǎo)入網(wǎng)景的書(shū)簽，就像從Internet Explorer、Safari和Opera等其他瀏覽器中自動(dòng)導(dǎo)入書(shū)簽一樣。

問(wèn)：使用Mac電腦的朋友告訴我，他們有一種可移動(dòng)的備份裝置，能夠備份包括應(yīng)用軟件在內(nèi)的整個(gè)硬盤(pán)。Windows個(gè)人電腦也有類(lèi)似的東西嗎？

答：你指的可能是Time Capsule，它是蘋(píng)果(Apple)的一種將硬盤(pán)和無(wú)線(xiàn)基站相結(jié)合的硬件產(chǎn)品，作用是與Mac的內(nèi)置Time Machine自動(dòng)備份功能配合工作。你的問(wèn)題的答案是Windows個(gè)人電腦有許多種備份裝置，其中許多也可用于Mac電腦。所有主要的硬盤(pán)制造商都銷(xiāo)售能夠直接或是通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò)連接到個(gè)人電腦的外接硬盤(pán)，所帶的備份程序也比較簡(jiǎn)單。其中一些程序能夠完整地自動(dòng)備份個(gè)人電腦上的所有東西，包括應(yīng)用程序。而且，盡管蘋(píng)果的Time Capsule不能與Windows的備份軟件一起使用，但它也能用來(lái)備份Windows個(gè)人電腦的文件，不過(guò)在Windows環(huán)境下的設(shè)置要比在Mac操作系統(tǒng)下麻煩一些。