The Alpha’s Ashley Crutcher Computer Science Pd. 1 Jaylen Coleman Chelsea Copper Nekieya Thomas

Ms.Johnson is looking to buy a computer!! Ms.Kayla Johnson is a high school English teacher. She is 30 years old and has been teaching for about 5 years. She is into journalism and writing her own books. Ms.Johnson is looking into buying a new computer because she is tired of using the slow computer that the school provides her with. She needs her computer to be portable(laptop). She needs to be able to hook a projector up to it. Some of the applications that she will be using for personal and business use is Powerpoint, Word, and Google classroom. The 4 Computers that she is looking into buying is an Surface Laptop Intel Core i5, Macbook,Inspiron 15 3000 non-touch, and an Acer Chromebook 14

Surface Laptop Intel Core i5 The Surface Laptop Intel Core i5 is 13.5” is a very thin laptop that is very easy to carry. It can run programs such as Microsoft, Word, Excel etc. This laptop has a PixelSense LCD touchscreen display which is great for creating things. It has about a 14- hour battery life that is very useful for someone that is always on the go and doesn't have time to wait hours for their computer to charge. The Surface Laptop is great for writing reports, essays, books, presentations etc.

Acer ChromeBook 14 The Acer ChromeBook is an inexpensive laptop that is very portable and resembles the Apple MacBook Air, the Acer is a very well put together computer that is very affordable for the average person. The Acer’s processor isn't the best but with its large screen and long lasting battery life is very ideal for a person who wants room to maneuver and once again it is very cheap and will please a buyer pockets. 14-inch screen with either HD (1,366x768) or full HD (1,920x1,080) resolution Intel Celeron processor 4GB of onboard memory 32GB

Inspiron 15 3000 non-touch This is a inexpensive computer that allows you to download many apps and introduces many other skills this computer can do almost anything but one of the strengths of the inspiron 15 3000 non-touch is the ram size which is 8gb and has a hard drive of 1TB which is very uncommon for a laptop the laptop. The inspiron is about 4 pounds which allows her to have a lot of portability. SPECS * 3 USB ports * 4.0 bluetooth * front camera * touch screen optional

12 inch MacBook The 12 inch MacBook had 256Gb, and 8GB of memory which means she has plenty of space to download presentations, and other things needed for her class. The Macbook also comes with useful apps such as apple pages, reminders, and keynote. She can use apple pages to write in her free time; She can use reminders to keep herself on track with her students and their work, and she can use keynote to present presentations to her students.

Surface Laptop Intel Core i5 Microsoft laptop 4GB Windows 10s Computer Name Type of Computer Processor Monitor Memory (RAM) Hard Drive Operating system Computer Price Surface Laptop Intel Core i5 Microsoft laptop Speed:2.9Ghz Cores:4 Brand:Intel Size:13.5” Resolution: 22.56*1504 201 PPT 4GB Size:128GB Solid State Drive Windows 10s Computer Price:$963 Peripherals: $140 Total Cost: $1103 Acer Chrome- Book 14 Chrome book Speed:1.6GH cores:4 Brand:Intel core Size: 14” Resolution:1920x1080 Size:32GB Type: Solid Google Chrome Computer Price:$299.00 $439.00 Inspiron 15 3000 non-touch Dell speed:2.50Ghz Cores: 2 Brand:intel Size:15.6” Resolution 4096x2304 8GB Size: 1 TB Windows 10 home Computer Price:$400 Total cost: $540 Macbook Apple 1.2 Ghz dual core 7th generation Intel core m3 processor 12 inch 2304 x1440 500 GB New sata 2.5 Mac OS Computer price:$1299.00 Peripherals: $140 Total cost:$1439

Software Requirements Requirements needed to run powerpoint… A 1-GHz x86 or x64 processor, 1GB of RAM for 32-bit systems or 2GB of RAM for 64-bit systems, and 3GB of hard drive space are the minimum requirements for both Office 2013 and PowerPoint 2013. Requirements to run Word… A processor with at least 1GHz speed. For Mac, it should be a bit higher speed and should be Intel. I should be 2GB RAM on PCs. For Mac, it should be 4GB. The requirements to run anything powered by google such as classroom or docs is you must run these browsers Chrome, Firefox ,Internet Explorer , microsoft Edge , and Safari.

Which Computer Will Ms.Johnson Buy? We have convinced Ms.Johnson to buy the Inspiron 15 5000 non-touch.We've convinced her to buy this computer because it holds a lot of data,the processor runs pretty fast at 2.5GHZ, it also has a larger hard drive than most computers. The computer runs all of the programs that she needs to run like Google Slides,Google Classroom, Powerpoint,and Microsoft word.The computer is portable too. We've convinced her to buy this computer because it is affordable and helps her complete all her tasks that she will need to complete.She will be very happy with this purchase.