As the development of information technology, computer becomes an essential item to the daily life in Hong Kong. The computer can be used to not only prepare some paper works, but also find latest information on internet. However, the computer at home is too old to run latest software and handle larger size of photos or 3D graphics. Therefore, an upgrade of the computer should be carried. Now it is going to report to my relative how a new computer, I wanted, will be purchased.
Normally, the computer at home is used to prepare documents or do photo editing for my work and find references related to my project. Sometimes, it is also used to be a Hi-Fi or video player at home. In contrast, both of the software and hardware cannot perform well on these duties. For software, the window 98 is not updated enough to install some latest and powerful software. For hardware, the 1.2GB CPU is too slow to handle the mentioned jobs. The 10 GB hard-disk is not large enough to store many photos and files. The 64 M display card cannot carry a good
Now, there are two kinds of models – Mac and “PC alone”. Mac, is designed for 3D graphic and design, provides professional performance along with the convenience of an all-in-one design [1]. It is totally different with “PC alone” on the base. Many years ago, Mac cannot run the operation system as Windows and the window software. It can only use the software which is specially designed for Mac [2]. However, the latest model of Mac is modified to run Window XP and MS Office [3]. If a decision should be made between these two models, the model of “PC alone” is preferred. There are three reasons for why the PC is chosen. Firstly, although the latest models of Mac can run the Windows and some of its software, there are still much more s ...