4/20/2016
4/20/2016
Katie Carrabbia (19258403)
ITT/ESI Corporation
Katie Carrabbia (19258403)
ITT/ESI Corporation

Computer Shopper
Katie Carrabbia
Computer Shopper
Katie Carrabbia

HP- Pavilion desktop Hard Drive Capacity | 1TB | Processor Brand | AMD | System Memory (RAM) | 8 GB | Processor speed | 2.0 Gigahertz |

Acer Aspire V17 Hard Drive Capacity | 500 Gigabytes. | Processor Brand | Intel | Processor speed | 2.6 GHZ | System Memory (RAM) | 8 Gigabites |

Microsoft surface book Hard drive capacity | 128 Gigabytes | Hard Drive Type | Solid State Drive | Processor Brand | Intel | Processor Speed | 2.8 Gigahertz | Before making a purchase for a computer a person should take into consideration what kind of computer they need and for what. The first thing you should think into before even looking for a laptop would be the budget you are going to set for yourself. Think about how much money you are really willing to spend on a computer. They come in many different options so choose wisely on what you need the computer for whether it would be for school or work or even a basic home computer. The next topic to take into consideration before making a purchase would be what purpose will it serve? Is this computer you are going to buy for school? For just school maybe looking into a basic laptop for using word which could be a cheap way out of it. Maybe this computer is for gaming, which money will come into play for this. A gamming computer typically needs a fast processor, a lot of RAM and a large hard drive and good graphics cards. The next thing to take into consideration is where are you going to use this computer at? Basically do you need to take it with you to school? If you are on the go a lot a laptop would be a great choice. If you are always at home maybe taking online classes at home pick the desktop. Another question to ask yourself is who is going to be using this computer? If you are going to share this computer with someone in your house or office you might want to consider more memory and windows 7 professional or Ubuntu. If this computer is being used just for your personal use maybe windows 7 home premium or vista home basic will benefit you. In this paper I picked three different computers and three different professions that would best fit these computers with their specifications. The three professions I chose were graphic design, nursing and writer.

For my first profession I chose to look into a graphic designer. They create visual concepts by using computer software. Using computer software to develop a design to communicate and motivate consumers. They create the designs for brands such as Nike, Jordan and also could be a layout for an application such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Before jumping into a career such as this one in particular. They are constantly using a Computer for everything they do. The best laptop for graphic design should consist of a powerful processor, high resolution, and high amounts of RAM. Looking into laptops the only one that stuck out to me is the Acer Aspire V17. This laptop I think is great for a graphic designer. This laptop has an Intel Core i7 Processor (2.6 GHz). With 8 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM. Also equipped with a one terabyte hard drive. This laptop stands with a 17.3-inch screen and runs an operating system of Windows 8.1. This laptop has a battery life of 4 hours. This laptop has full HD IPS display. This laptop is pretty cool in particular with the design of the keyboard. The keyboard will light up at night (Red) for any night workers looking to get stuff done. Those are just some of the pros of this laptop. One Con I seen with this laptop was the battery life on it. This laptop only holds for 3 hours. Which is pretty bad if you are constantly on your laptop which in the profession you are going to need it a lot. So carrying around a charger will be annoying but everything else on this laptop looks great. The next profession I looked into was nursing. So I decide to pick a desktop for this profession mainly because at hospitals nurses are stationary at a desk sometimes. Not a lot of hospitals switched over to carrying a tablet or a laptop just yet. Some have but today I picked the desktop for this profession. The desktop that I picked is the HP-Pavilion. This desktop is equipped with a one terabyte hard drive. This desktop runs an 8 gigabyte memory and a 2.0 GHZ processor speed. This computer runs an AMD Processor. I picked this desktop because its stationary and its has a great processor. Basically a 1 terabyte hard drive could basically hold anything. Nurses do a lot of typing and entering of files for patience’s so they are constantly on the computer all the time at work. Weather its filing important documents or entering in private information. This is why I chose this desktop for this profession. It’s a basic desktop which is great for just a stationary job like this until they upgrade to laptops or tablets. The next profession I chose to look into was an author. The best laptop for this profession would be a light weight laptop. Considering that you are constantly on the go with this the best choice would be a lightweight laptop. A back light keyboard would be great for this profession for low light environments maybe you are typing at night or in a dark area. So I chose the Surface book pro for this profession. This Is a 2 in 1 laptop which basically is a tablet and computer in one. This laptop lasts up to 12 hours on the battery. This 2 in 1 lets you use touch, a surface pen, mouse or keyboard. This professional grade software lets you use adobe creative cloud, citix, autoCAD or visual studio. This laptop is dependable with a battery life of 9 hours. This laptop has a hard drive capacity of 128 gigabytes. With a processor speed of 2.8 gigahertz. This laptop is actually the heaviest 13 inch on the market which is actually a con for this profession. The weight of the laptop is 3.48 pounds and if you are constantly on go this is a big set back. With a hard drive capacity of 128 gigabytes you can basically store anything on this 2 in 1. If any trouble comes in with this, it also has side slots for memory to add like plug and play. When you need to add storage which I don’t understand why you would need to with that much space on it already you can use OneDrive. Once drive saves your files on the free cloud storage. This pro surface offers the Micro SD card. Which is basically a card slot for memory. Or another option would be the USB flash drive that comes preinstalled on the side of the surface. Which I think these options are great especially for this profession. Writers can save their own files and pictures anywhere. I honestly don’t think this surface pro would be a pain with storage. The only cons I see with this 2 in 1 is the weight of it. The next con I see with it is the price tag on it. Many people are not looking to spend over 800 on a laptop but this price tag is $963.

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