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I. Buying Guides – Shop Smart: Using the Web site http://www.intel.com/learn/buying-guides, identify the computer requirements for each of the following computer personalities. Some boxes will be empty upon completion.
General purpose user / Power user / Home theater / Home office worker / Dream ComputerPurpose
Processor
Hard Drive
Memory
Screen size
Other
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III. Scenario: You are a salesperson at an electronics store such as Best Buy, Fry’s, Sam’s Club, or at an online store, etc. Identify the computer you would recommend for each of the customers described below. (Think about the Best Buy commercial on TV). You may choose which store you work at, but all the computers selected must come from the same store.
1. General purpose user – Your grandmother. Grandma really does not want a computer but the family insists! She is scared to death of the computer! She prefers reading the Atlanta Journal while sipping her tea on Sunday mornings and enjoys receiving old-fashioned hand-written thank you notes. Your family feels like she is missing out on the family photos that everyone is sending with email and sharing through Facebook. If she had a computer she could keep up with current events, check the movie schedules, look at menus of nearby restaurants, etc. She is way too old to ever go electronic with her checkbook and would rarely use a word processor – she doesn’t know the keyboard L What computer will you recommend for her to purchase?
Price
Brand
Specs
Website you used.
WHY???
2. Home office user -- Stay at home mom, always on the go! This stay at home mom is president of the PTSA, secretary of her Garden club, and team mom for her son’s recreation league football team. She has three children that are involved in everything from tutoring, to piano lessons, to sports, etc. She has several calendars to keep up with, she manages her checkbook with Quicken, does her banking online, surfs the net, keeps track family photos—edits them with the photo editing software that came with her digital camera, downloads/uploads music to her iPod. What computer will you recommend for her to purchase?
Price
Brand
Specs.
Website you used.
WHY???
3. College Student: You will write this scenario – be creative!: ______
Price
Brand
Specs
Website you used.
WHY???
4. Digital Media Fan (Gamer or power user): You will write this scenario – be creative!: ______
Price
Brand
Specs
Website you used.
WHY???
5. Home theater You will write this scenario – be creative!: ______
Price
Brand
Specs
Website you used.
WHY???
Your Dream Computer. The sky is the limit- no budget. You can purchase a system that is already put together or you can create your own computer. I want an image of everything you select and the price of each item and where you are going to buy the system from. Explain why you want this computer and why it is your dream computer. Your explication need to match up with your specs. Ex. Don’t buy a 1 TB hard drive if all you want to do is do school work. Have fun with this. Also, pick out some software that will match up with Operating system on your computer at least 5 software items.
Extra Credit: Select a computer for your teacher. I would like a laptop computer that I can take with me on vacation or to professional meetings I may attend. I am interested in surfing the net, e-mail, social networking, application software such as the MS Office suite, downloading music and uploading photos, photo editing, web design, watching movies, etc. I want a good quality computer with a processor and hard drive that will hold me over for the next five years, for under $1500. Which category above do you think I fit?
Price
Brand
Specs