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Technology in Action
Chapter 6
AlanEvans KendallMartin
MaryAnnePoatsy
TenthEdition
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Chapter Topics
Things to consider
Tablets
Ultrabooks
Netbooks
Tablet PCs
Laptops
Desktops
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Desktop
Best value
24-inch or larger monitor
More reliable
Solid-state drive
New kinds of ports
Other capabilities
Ultrabooks and tablets dont have
ExpressCard expansion options
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CPU
Located on motherboard
Processes instructions,
performs calculations, and
manages flow of information
through a computer system
Intel Core processors
Dominant processors (i7, i5,
and i3)
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Machine cycle
refers to a series
of general steps a
CPU performs
Remembers
Sequence of processing stages
How switches are set for each stage
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Store
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Level 3
Checks only if instruction is not in Level 1 or
Level 2
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Pipelining
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Mathematical operations
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Pipelining
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Cache memory
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Task Manager
CPU usage graph
Depends on number of programs running at
one time
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Short-term memory
Available only when computer is on
Volatile storage
ROM memory
Holds critical startup instructions
Nonvolatile storage
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Types
Measured in gigabytes
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RAM
Some exceed 4 TB
Permanent storage
Hard drives
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Read/write
head
Access arms
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Dig Deeper
How a Mechanical Hard Drive Works
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Dig Deeper
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Prerecorded
Recordable
The OS
Software applications
Data files
Digital libraries
Rewriteable
Other options
External hard drive
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RAID 1
Mirrored drives
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Monitor
Ports
DVI
HDMI
DisplayPort
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Video memory
Graphics double data rate 3 (GDDR3)
Specialized to handle
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3D graphics
Image and video processing
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3-D panels
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Slow performance
Freezes
Crashes
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System problems
Troubleshooting
Check RAM
Refresh
System restore
Microsoft Knowledge Base
Search Google
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Additional RAM
Updated graphics processor
Automatic Updates
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You can find out what processor you have using the
System Properties window.
The CPU works by running a series of four steps: fetch,
decode, execute, and store.
CPUs are compared based on their clock speed, the
number of cores the have, and their amount of cache
memory.
CPU benchmarks help you compare the overall
performance of different CPUs.
The CPU performance can be measured and recorded
using the CPU usage graph of the Resource Monitor.
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