Choosing Your Next Computer You are looking for the latest and greatest portable computer to replace your five-year-old laptop. You will use this computer for both work and personal computing...

Choosing Your Next Computer You are looking for the latest and greatest portable computer to replace your five-year-old laptop. You will use this computer for both work and personal computing tasks—everything from creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to surfing the Web and editing videos of your friends and family

 1. You want a computer that is powerful, lightweight, and comes with a long battery life. How do you make the trade-off among these three parameters? Must you sacrifice in one area to get what you want and the other area?

 2. How much and what sort of main memory should you seek?

Critical Thinking Questions

 1. What sort of secondary storage devices would most economically meet your needs?

 2. Which input and output devices would be most useful to you?