Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computer Devices, Features and
Purposes - Cambridge Nationals ICT
- Smartphone
- Advantages
- 3G/4G
- Built in Wifi
- Wireless and bluetooth
connectivity
- Many colours - high quality images
- Can download applications
- Good user interface
- Touchscreen input
- Disadvantages
- Requires large amounts of
power to run
- Requires regular charging
- Not suitable for document creation/editing
- Can be very expensive
- Applications
- Travelling employees
- Needing good communication capabilities
- Internet users
- Tablet
- Applications
- Travelling employees
- Internet users
- Advantages
- Built in wifi
- Can download applications
- Can connect a keyboard
- Touchscreen input
- High quality images
- Disadvantages
- Expensive
- Can be broken easily
- Not easily upgradeable
- Netbook
- Advantages
- Easily portable
- Lightweight and small
- Longer battery life
- Applications
- Basic internet browsing and
document creation capabilities
- Disadvantage
- No integral optical drive
- Slower processors
- Less upgradeable
- Desktop PC
- Advantages
- Lots of working memory (RAM)
- CPUs are multi-core
- Secure - not easily portable
- Cheaper
- Easily upgradeable
- Powerful graphics card
- Disadvantages
- Applications
- Permanent office-based employees
- Laptop
- Applications
- Travelling employees
- Advantages
- Portability
- Good user interface
- Disadvantages
- Expensive
- Average technical spec of
mid-range desktop computer
- Battery is a restriction
- Not easily upgradeable