How to open a Cyber Cafe

Just a brief & simple guide & hope it is useful for someone out there ,

This guide is just given based on this factors :
1. Cyber Cafe care experience (cc) of others.
2. Create Cyber Cafe
3. Opening a business Cyber Cafe
4. Course of business formation MARA

Credit to him : http://www.ittutor.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5775

Cyber Cafe business need a lot of new starts. Like plants after rain.
Important factor that are essential in order to open a Cyber Cafe are :

1. 1. Location selection
2. 2. Hardware Selection
3. 3. The selection of management style
4. 4. Capital
5. 5. If no please add ..

1. Location selection
1. Based close to the IPT / Public Universities / Colleges
2. Housing
3. Urban areas
4. mmm if you have please add ..

Usually the first factor will always be selected. However, in my observation, the second factor is better in terms of returns as a less competitive and attractive prices.

Urban areas are areas that should be avoided. because the factor rents, paid parking and no housing nearby.

2 . Selection of Hardware / System
This is based on the concept that you want to go to cc. If the concept of Internet only, the minimum spec is sufficient. If the internet and light gaming, if spec is simple and to the Internet and the power games, please be a power spec.

For me the selection of the following spec is adequate.
Intel Celeron 1.1 GHz
MSI / Asus Mainboard (Integrated Sound & Graphic)
Kingston 256MB PC133 SDRAM
20GB Hard Disk
1.44MB Floppy
Casing
Keyboard & Mouse cheapest type
Headphones jugak of the cheapest.
15 "Monitor LG / Phillip / Samsung
NIC Dlink / Linksys
(No CD-ROM)

Price: RM 900 per set. (Or lower)
Spec is sufficient to
1. Internet software such as IE, MIRC, Yim etc.
2. Games like Midtown Madness, War Craft, Star Craft, HalfLife, Counter Strike, Fifa 2002. (All without CD)

Other equipment needed is
Network Cable - RM200 produce them
Hub / Switch - 2 X 16 ports - 500 (depending on model)
Modem - internal. - RM30
printers - No, it is recommended Epson C20/40 Series - RM180
scanner - any kind, Canon D646U been ok, price RM190

Electronic equipment is not
Tables
Counters (2 table can form a counter)
Chair
Wiring
Aircond

Depending on the budget.

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http://www.ittutor.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5775