In chapter 6 we have been reading about the difference between laptops, smart phones and desktops. In this summary i will explain the uses of laptops and desktops and which one i think is the better one.
Laptops:
Common uses of a laptop is for when you go to school it is something you can carry around with you easily because it is really light.You can play games on the move,watching movies on the move and sending and receiving emails in a public place.They support hot-swappable drives and peripherals.Because many portable devices change rapidly in design and functionality, portable devices are often more expensive to repair than to replace.the only problem with a laptop is that you have to pay for extra things like speakers if you want it louder and a mouse if you think it is to hard to use the touch pad.you will also have to keep cleaning it because laptops have a small ventilation so you need to keep cleaning it so it doesn’t over heat.
Some of the difference between laptops and desktops are that the size of the motherboard.
This is the size of the mother board of a laptop:
Smart phones and pdas:
Smart phones and pda’s are basically a phone but you cant text or call on them a example of one of these is the ipod touch it has the Internet and music and basically everything that a phone does except you cant call or text.The concept of the PDA has existed since the 1970s. The earliest models were computerized personal organizers designed to have a touch screen or a keyboard. Today, some models have both a touch screen and a keyboard.
Common uses for a desktop computer is if you want a computer that just is for storing all of your work so that it wont get lost, stolen and they don’t really break often. Desktops have internal bays that support 5.25″ and 3.5″ drives.
This is the size of the motherboard of a desktop computer:
History:
In 1979 the first laptop was made it cost £2,000 and now it would cost about £500,000 which is half a million pound.The average smart phone would cost about £150 +.
We also learnt about trouble shooting and how to get rid of it on your computer. first you have to find out what the customer done. Then see if you can fix it. Then gather information from the computer and see if you can fix it.
In conclusion if i had to pick out of the laptop, desktop, pda or smart phone i would pick the laptop because it is easy to move around with if you did have to charge it it is just 1 cable. It is faster then a normal computer, and it has more memory then a pda and a smart phone phone so i would pick the laptop as my first choice. Then my second choice would be a smart phone it is cheaper and a lot more easier to move around with. It doesn’t have as much battery life and as much memory but it is a lot more easier to use.The one that i wouldn’t recommend to anyone is the desktop computer because it is really big and is really hard to move about and if it breaks the parts to get it fixed will cost a lot.
This is a picture of a few of the smart phones:
some good stuff here – well done I look forward to seeing it finished.
A little lacking in content here. Some details missed. Make sure you focus on the Ch6 revision questions now to ensure your knowledge is good enough to pass Ch6 comfortably.