MacBook Air (11 inches).

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Nowadays, the high technology is leading and playing an important role in this era. Most of work places need the human resources who can work on high-tech particularly the computer, internet etc.

For instance, it is easy to communicate by email, fax, phone etc., we can also exchange or transfer the currency through the bank by working on the net system.

According to the big demand, most of the companies which are producing hardware and software to supply the need of those companies have also produced their products with high quality.

However, it is not easy to enter the international market to sell their products because there are many competitors in the worldwide, too. Apple company is one of the companies to make software and hardware.

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I decided to buy a MacBook Air 11 inches for my personal use on June 12, 2015. It costs $1,200 in Cambodia market. On the website of Apple, it costs only $999 for MacBook Air 11 inches only. It is so important to me because  I am interested in high technology for ages.

I have used computer since 1992. I remembered the cost cost desk top computer $,1, 250 for one set. I bought at that time for my personal use and also for  typing service. I could earn 12,000 Riels for a A4 paper size. The Macintosh wasn't popular at that time because because most of Cambodia people have only known IBM Computer.

My real photo taken from my MacBook Air 11 inches.

It worked on Ms. Dos. I am one of computer users in 1992. I have trained for 3 months how to operate on Ms. Dos and K.I.O (Khmer Fonts).

For the Khmer Fonts is the most popular at that time because the 19 century people use only typewriter to type their documents. The scripts weren't clear and there isn't any printer to print documents.

The typewriter is used by the keyboard-operated types string a ribbon to transfer carbon or ink impressions onto paper.

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At that time, it wasn't easy to spread 
information because the typewriter is able to type only 4 pages for one time. If a person who typed wrong scripts, he or she had to use the correction ink to pain on the whole of wrong scripts and retype new script(s) on it. So, this job needed the professional people to work on it.

For this reason as mention above, the new computer which operated on Ms. Dos with the Khmer Fonts (K.I.O) was so popular. The K.I.O Khmer Fontss made by one of Kampuchea Krom (Khmer living in Vietnam). Since then desk top computer is playing an important role for the new generation. Additional my skillful of typing on typewriter that I have trained typing skill of Keng Vansak from my brother Soeng Vichet who trained from my uncle Kim Thai (He worked for Lon Nol government ara in the office on typewriter for ages. Hence, I could type Khmer scripts with the full page of A4 paper (around 500 words) only 17 minutes.

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When the new updated from Microsoft Dos to Microsoft Windows 3.1. It was so easy to operate Ms. Office on it. I spent 1 week to train the new technology at Phnom Penh to pay for training fee was $70, and I also updated the Window 3.1 and Ms. Office on my desk top was $30. The amount total was $100 for the training and setting a new program.

Although I have spent $100 for new updated technology, I could earn much more than it. I used my computer to type documents for my customers, and I could earn 12,000 Riels (Khmer currency) = $3 at that time. It was unbelievable that I was able to earn from $100 to $200 a day.

In fact I couldn't earn as much as a day for my typing because one page I had to spend 17 minutes and I could earn only $3. The reason that I could earn $200 a day because of using Ms. Excel. It means I just started Ms. Excel to drag the series codes from the top to the bottom with 5 columns only a few minutes so that I finished one page with $3. In Sihanouk province, people are rare how to operate on computer at that time.

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What amazing high technology for me is Internet and Email. It was difficult to send a letter to my friends living in Phnom Penh or studying abroad as Russia, Vietnam, etc., I spent at least 2 weeks from Sihanouk City to Phnom Penh Capital, and 3 months from Cambodia to Russia or Vietnam. Sometimes my envelops were missed without reason. Now, I just spend my relax time to drop some lines on mail box. Then, I just press a stroke keyboard to send to my friends' email account only. I also can know my mail can send out or not without having doubt anymore.

I find that all students should spend their writing on email in order to improve their writing skill or general knowledge. They need to think and gathering infomation before sending mail, so they can practice their brain day by day for their writing. Teachers or lecturers also should give their students' homework or assignment by email, too. They can keep all the files concerned with their learning at school or university, for they can check anytime to download files when they are at location having internet for surfing.