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Laptop
Netbook
NetTop
Tablet
7. Intel/AMD
Different form factors
Speed measured in gigahertz (GHz)
Can have multiple “cores”
Dual-core, Quad-core
8. Directs heat away
from the CPU
Heat Sink / Fan / Liquid Cooling
11. Gigabytes
Different types
SRAM/DRAM
DDR, DDR2, DDR3
Different form factors
Laptop vs. desktop
Check with your
computer’s manual for
the right type!
13. Hard Drive
Internal vs. External
Solid-state Drive
Optical Media
CD-ROM
DVD-ROM
Blu-ray
14. May be built into the
motherboard
Can add more powerful
dedicated card which has
it’s own dedicated video
RAM
15. VGA
S-Video
DVI
HDMI
(images not to scale)
16. Firewire
Ethernet
WiFi
USB
18. Windows
MacOS
Linux
Ubuntu
RedHat
Fedora
32-bit/64-bit
19. Does your old one do what you need it to do?
What is your budget?
Do you have special requirements?
No, there isn’t a “best” time to buy.
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