Chapter 4, Problem 1UYK

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a.

Recommendations:

• Having a good experience at a major internet retailer, the CPU or hard drive space that one should look for in the computer depends on one’s needs and how long they want to have the computer.
• The minimum requirement for alternative A is Intel i3 processor.
  • The other better choices include intel i5 processor or AMD, an A10 processor would also work out...

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b.

Required software:

• Windows is automatically given on the computer since the computer requires an operating system on it.
• Some select titles required in addition t...

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c.

Shopping in three websites for the best computer deal:

The following assumptions must be made for all computers when looking around on the sites as given below:

• All computers will have a wireless internet card included in them.
• All computers will have Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 on them that are reviewed here.
• Microsoft Office will be needed to be purchased regardless of the computer.

Given the assumptions below and an exhaustive review of the websites, the best company out of the three is Lenovo. Here, they seem to have a higher quality product for a price that is well below the budgeted limit of $1,000...

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d.

Recommendation on computer:

Nowadays, Lenovo is one of the preferred choices for computers on the marketplace. While HP is more geared towards entertainment and on the other hand, Dell is designed more for heavier productivity use...