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(a)List and briefly explain the six stages
of the hardware acquisition process.[6 marks ]
(b)Consider the following situation:
An organisation wishes to purchase a number of mobile laptop computers
for
use by staff.
The computers must be light enough to be carried easily by any member
of
staff: that is,less than 3kg in weight.The screens should be as large
as ossible:
screen sizes of 10.4 ”,12.1 ”,13.3 ”and 14.1 ”are
available.
A fast processor would be advantageous,but processor speed is not
a critical
factor,but support for at least 128MB of RAM is essential.The operating
system supplied with the computer must be the same as the one used
on the rest of company ’s network.
Staff must be able to install software from a standard CD.Machines
are
available with DVD and CD-rom drives,both of which can accept a standard
CD.Staff are not permitted to use floppy disks with company machines.
(i)what are the mandatory attributes
of a laptop,in this situation?[4 marks ]
(ii)what are the desirable attributes
of a laptop,in the same situation?[4 marks ] (iii)which
of these attributes would you expect to verify at the physical benchmarking
stage?[1 mark ]
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