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Student ID#: S11162330

Full Name: Emma Edmond
Campus: Laucala campus
Semester/Year:
1. -Watch TV and movies

2. -Plex media
-2GB

3. -$2000-2500FJD
-Needs extended warranty plan for another
year.

4. -Ram speed and size

-Disk speed and size
-video card
-Processor speed

5. -Printer
- Mouse

6. Laptop with best combination of price and

good performance.

7. -Screen size and type, battery life, display

quality, webcams for video chatting, light
weight.
 RAM Ram is abbreviated for random access memory and it • Capacity (8GB)
functions as a data storage for computers.it is mainly • Cell type (DRAM)
used as a type of computer data storage and stores the • Stick type (DDR4)
files that are in use while the computer is running. In • Clock frequency (
addition it is regarded as a volatile memory which 2400MHz)
means that information is lost power is unavailable or
lost. So basically the RAM is utilized by the CPU The memory capacity of
especially when the computer is running to store RAM has a maximum and
information required to be used but does not store theminimum amount of
information permanently. memory of 64- bits with
RAM cells that are volatile;
The RAM enables the computer to perform and RAM cells are SRAM and
deliver everyday tasks such as loading applications, DRAM used for cache and
browsing the internet, editing a spreadsheet, main memory respectively,
responding to an email or trying out a video game. It a stick of DDR4 is labelled
also allows a user to switch among various tasks with double the real
given the memory capacity to switch to another tasks. maximum clock rate at
Technically, the RAM loads and run the applications which it can operate.
such as the spreadsheet program, responding to the
commands, editing MS word Tasks, or switching
between the multiple programs.

HDD/SSD A hard disk drive (HDD) is known to be a non-volatile •Disk platter storage
device which means that it can save data without any • Spindles control motion
source of data. Also, it is used to permanently store and
recover information. The computers use employ the
hard disk drive to store particular files for the operating
system and other software that runs in the computer. •Reading and writing heads
Not only that It stores data but also information that is •Actuator aligns head
 downloaded on the computer by a user. Thus, the The disk platter is
amount of information that the hardrive is able to store responsible to store data
is highly dependent on the storage space of the hardrive. while the spindle is
responsible to spin the
As mentioned, due to its relatively large storage capacity platter so the device can
a hardrive can effectively store any type of data such as read and write arm to
texts, music, videos, games and pictures. Similarly, it access and save date.
However, the reading and
works when a document is saved it gets written
writing heads reads the
somewhere non-volatile and keeps the document in its
data that is already store in
state when the power is off.
the platter and writes new
data on the platter; the
Similarly, an SSD is abbreviated for solid state disk which actuator aligns head
does the same function as the HDD. It is is a type of controls the position of the
memory that is known as a flash memory which is similar actuator arm relatively to
to RAM. No only that, it clears data when the the disk platter. In addition
computers power shuts down. It functions as a grid of an SSD has 35 to 100
electric cells that quickly send and retrieve data. microseconds of acceses
speed that is more efficient
and quicker than HDD.

VGA VGA is abbreviated for video graphics array or Technically, a VGA imparts
adapter. It functions as an adapter that transforms the a 640 x 480 resolution color
processed images from the computer processor to its display screen with a refresh
monitor. Not only than It also transforms the digital rate of 60 Hz and 16 color
information into electronic signals that the monitor that are displayed at a time.
displays. Relatively, the monitor displays the images Whilst, if the resolutions
that it needs in order to be connected to the system were lowered to 320 x 200
unit of the computer that is attained by the use of a then 256 are displayed.
connector. This is then used to connect to the
analogue monitor.

The VGA works in grid of pixels where each of the

pixel is a picture of elements displayed and are set to
a specific color. It consist of 480 rows and each of
those rows consists of 640 pixels.
Laptop 1 comes with an OS of 64 bit whilst Laptop 1 OS
Laptop 2 is a 32-bit OS

64 bit is much more proficient than 32 bit

processor because it handles and utilizes more
data at once whereas a 32 bit processor can only
handle a limited amount of RAM.

The CPU speed is measured by clock speed that Laptop 1 CPU

is either measured in hertz (Hz0 or gigahertz
(GHz). Hence, one gigahertz is equivalent to
1000 MHz, which a speed of 2,5 gigahertz can
be expressed as 2500 Megahertz. When the
clock speed is more higher then the speed is
boosted, so theres more operation the CPU can
perform within a second.

-Laptop 2
-Its affects its performance in terms of its clock
speed, which means that the higher the speed the
more operations the CPU can execute within a
second

-Laptop 1
-It boosts its system performance and enables
the processor to access data relevant to a current
task.
 The computer storage and memory is usually Laptop 1 - RAM
measured in megabytes and gigabytes. So
Basically to measure storage and memory the
GB could mean either a 1,000,000 or
1024*1048576 bytes.

Volatile memory is regarded as temporary of a

computer system while a non-volatile is said to
be the permanent memory of the computer
system.

-Laptop 1
-Given that it has more storage in the volatile
memory on its RAM and cache which makes the
performance of the system more efficient.

Laptop 2. Laptop 2 HDD

-Laptop 2
-This affects its system performance which
makes it relatively slow. However, there is more
storage space and more amount of data can be
stored in the system permanently.

Based on my personal computing needs, I have decided to purchase my laptop intentionally to watch
Movies and TV. Given that, the PLEX media does not require a relatively large space capacity to
download the app. Hence, I would preferably go for laptop in option 1. The reason to why I have
chosen to purchase laptop 1 is due to it’s 64-bit OS that makes it handle more data efficiently. Not only
that, it has specification of intel core i7-8550 and a CPU speed of 2.0 gigahertz and 8Mb L3 cache that
heavily impacts the systems performance. With that, the more space on its volatile memory (RAM and
cache) and non-volatile memory (SDD) enables it to store large amount of data. This will enable the
laptop to perform more efficiently to its full capacity. In addition, it perfectly fits the criteria and
preference of laptop that I would like to purchase with the given the budget.