[Jewelry making - Article 01155] - [Orchid] [Biz Talk] Computer for business

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    I am looking at buying myself a computer - at this stage for
    personal use - emails, grant applications, touching up photos etc...
    In a few years time though I hope to have a business up and running
    and am hoping to keep a database of customer info and do my financial
    tracking on a computer. What I am wondering at this stage is whether
    my best option in the future might be to have separate computers -
    one that has all my business info on it and is never connected to the
    internet, and one that is to use with the internet - both for
    personal and business (website, email etc) use. 

    I am concerned about how difficult it is to keep hackers and viruses
    off a computer once it is connected to the internet... and I know
    that even large companies have problems with this... I am not sure
    whether it is really possible to protect customer info and my own
    financial info once it is on a computer that is connected to the
    internet. 

    I am wondering how those doing business online or just doing their
    accounts on a computer are dealing with this issue. Would it be
    overkill to have 2 separate computers? It just seems to me that if
    you have someone elses contact details in your posession you have a
    responsibility to make sure that no one else gets a hold of it... and
    knowing as little about computers and security as I do I am not
    entirely confident I could properly protect that info once the
    computer it is on is connected to the internet.

R.R. Jackson

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