The Computer
The computer I chose was a Dell Dimension 3100. It has a Intel Pentium 4 Processor 521 with HT technology that has a speed of 2.8 GHz, memory of 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533 MHz - 1 DIMM, 3 year on-site business standard plan, USB keyboard, optical USB mouse, 160 GB serial ATA Hard Drive with a 7200 RPM speed, a 16 speed CD/DVD burner (DVD +/- RW) with double layer, a 3.5 Floppy Drive, 15 inch Analog Flat Panel monitor, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 graphics card, integrated 2.0 Channel High Definition Audio for sound, and a integrated 10/100 Ethernet network interface. The final price was $848. Normally this would be $948 but there was a sale.
Why the Company?
The company that made this computer is Dell. I chose this company because they are doing well and won't suddenly go out of business. Dell achieved record revenue of $15.2 billion and earnings of 43 cents per share driven by growth in enterprise products and services and sales outside of the united states in the fiscal fourth-quarter of 2006. Dell's enterprise business in the quarter - including storage, servers, services and related software and peripherals - increased worldwide by 21 percent year-over-year. Storage revenue was up 41 percent year-over-year. Dell's business outside the U.S. increased in the quarter by 21 percent year-over-year, reflecting Dell's success in growth areas of Europe and Asia Pacific. Dell has also won awards for its customer service. The company expects first quarter fiscal year 2007 revenue of $14.2 to $14.6 billion and earnings per share of 39 cents to 41 cents, excluding an estimated three cents of stock compensation. Dell begins reporting earnings including stock compensation expense in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The company plans to repurchase at least $1.2 billion in stock during the next quarter.
Why the processor model?
The processor is a Intel Pentium 4 Processor 521 with HT Technology (2.8 GHz, 800 FSB). I chose this particular processor because it was as the least costly. The intended user of this computer is not going to be doing anything that needs a super fast computer. 2.8 GHz should be more then adequate to run a simple word processor. Windows XP only requires a speed of 300 megahertz and Office XP suite has a speed requirement of 233 megahertz.
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Historically, personal computer companies produced most of the components for a computer which they assembled into their final products and distributed to resellers. The manufacturing of these components was vertically integrated into the organisation. Dell, as a small start-up, could not build this infrastructure. Instead, they developed a model where they developed relationships with organisations that could provide these components, allowing Dell to focus on selling and delivering computers. By selling directly to customers, initially through mail orders and later by using the internet, Dell avoided reseller mark-up. Dell also enabled customers to order customised computers, which Dell then assembled after receiving the order (Magretta, 1998, p.73-74). “Customers got exactly the computer they wanted and Dell saved money making the computers only when they were ordered” (Hill & Seggewiss, 2008)....
Dell Computer was first known as PCs Limited in 1984, selling PC components and PCs under the brand name PCs Limited. Dell’s strategy was to sell directly to end users; by eliminating the retail markup, Dell was able to sell IBM clones at about 40% below an IBM PC price. By 1985, the company was assembling its own PC designs and had about 40 employees. Sales had reached $33 million by the year ending 1986.
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The computer processor is the brain of the system. Our client requires a heavy punch, multi tasking brain. Due to his low income and student status, he does not have a large budget to put towards his computer. The AMD AthlonXP 1900 was chosen because of it's low cost and it's higher performance rating than that of the higher priced equivalent Pentium 4. The AMD AthlonXP 1900's speed is 1.6GHz. This means 1600Hz, which is a very fast processor. Amazingly, the clock speed of this processor is faster, albeit barely, than the Pentium 4 2.0GHz processor, and is much cheaper as well. This is important, as, for less cash, our student can afford a better processor.
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This particular computer also intrigued me because of its processor. The processor is a common one, an Intel Pentium 4. I like that Sony decided to stick with Intel, since they are an American brand. The exact processor they used is the Intel Pentium 4 3.6Ghz 560J with HT Technology. The Hyper threading technology is very helpful and I’m glad they decided to use it because it really makes multi-tasking even with complex software faster and more efficient and significantly cuts down on the lag. The 3.6 Gigahertz processor is very very fast and can handle even the most multifaceted functions. The bus speed is also very impressive coming out with a total of 800 solid Megahertz’s. This is an extremely fast bus speed considering it only has one successor the 1066 Mhz speed.
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