week 5

Operating system software

The choice of operating system software available for a personal computer is one task that needs to reflect on the possible use of the PC system as there are a number of different operating systems available to users that come with several benefits, drawback, costs and compatibility we will look at all the options including;

open-source (Linux)

Windows-based

Mac-based

 

 

Personal computer specification Understand that PC specification and performance are a compromise between many different factors, including:

 Ã¢â€” costs

● technical skills and expertise of the people building the PC

● processor type and specification, e.g. AMD, Intel

● choice of processor informing choice of motherboard and vice versa

● motherboard and attached components need to be able to fit in the case

● choice of graphics card, e.g. AMD, NVIDIA

● memory type and size, e.g. DDR, SDRAM

● choice of operating system software

● choice of X86 or X64 architectures (which determine the type and amount of memory)

● storage devices, e.g. solid state drives (SSDs) versus magnetic

● component compatibility, e.g. motherboard and memory, processor and graphics card.

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2024-03-07 09:38:06