2. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi1 HOW TO BUY A COMPUTER BUS311 LAB ASSIGNMENT #1 YUKA YAHAGI

3. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: How To Buy A Personal Computer? What You Need To Consider Before Buying A Computer? Buying Process Trend of Hardware and Software

4. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi3 INTRODUCTION EVERYONE NEED COMPUTER at school, at the office, etc WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU BUY A COMPUTER?

5. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi4 What you need to consider? 1.What you want to do with your computer? 2.Desktop or Laptop? 3.How much is your budget? 4.Variety of computers 5.Where to buy; Internet or Store?

6. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi5 Need/Want Think Desktop/Laptop? What you want to do? Who’s going to use? Windows/Mac? Gather Information Internet Magazine Friends Compare Price How to buy Decide Decision making process in buying a computer

7. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi6 Item# IT termsExplanation 1 CPU Central Processing Unit; the brains of the computer. The CPU interprets and executes the actual computing tasks. 2 RAM Random Access Memory. RAM is the most common type of computer memory, and it's where the computer stores system software, programs, and data you are currently using. 3 Pixel Picture element. Digital images are composed of touching pixels, each having a specific color or tone. The eye merges differently colored pixels into continuous tones. 4 ISP Internet Service Provider. A company that provides access to the Internet.

8. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi7 Buying Process Gathering Information Internet Magazine Friend Catalog Mac or Windows What computer your coworkers are using?

9. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi8 Buying Process Selecting Hardware Mouse keyboard touch pad/touch ball Scanner digital camera/digital video camera Selecting Software System software MacOS Windows Application software Word Excel PowerPoint FrontPage

10. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi9 What you want to do Create mainly text Build a slide presentation Communicate with other people Manage large amounts of logically related information Word processing software Presentation software E-mail software & Web browser software Database management software Selecting your software

11. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi10 Advantage/Disadvantage of buying through net or at the store NetStore AdvantageConvenient; More variety of goods Easy to take it to the store when it’s broken DisadvantageShipping fee; Difficult to fix Less variety of goods

12. 2/7/2003Bus311/Yuka Yahagi11 Trend Hardware Digital Camera Software Ableton Live! 24-Bit Recording Software Microsoft Streets and Trips 2002 Person Software Typing Tutor10 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition