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. You want a computer that is powerful, lightweight, and comes with a long battery life.

Review Questions

$1.$ Should you purchase a computer with an x$86$ processor, an Intel Atom processor, or an ARM processor? What are the pros and cons of each type of processor? Will you want a multicore processor? Why or why not?

$2.$ What sort of main memory and cache memory should you seek?

$3.$ Submit the assignment to Dropbox.