13. Buying a Computer Answer Key: Mostly A’s – Novice User Expect to pay $600 to $1,000 Mostly B’s or mix A’s and/or B’s – Mixed Needs Expect to pay $1,000 to $1,500 Mostly C’s or mix B’s and C’s - Experienced User Expect to pay $1,500 to $2,000 Mostly D’s or mix C’s and D’s – Power User. Expect to pay $2,000 to $3,500 What type of user are you?* *From Consumer Reports

14. Buying a Computer #2 Best Buy Advertisement 9/9/01 Intel Celeron 900Mhz computer package 128mb SDRAM 30 Gigabyte Hard Drive 48x Max CD-Rom Drive 8x CD-RW Drive Intel Direct 3D AGP Graphics V.90 high speed modem 15” HP .28monitor (13.8 viewable image size) Polk Audio Speakers HP Color Printer Free year MSN $1099 - $300 in rebates (4 rebates) = $799 #1 Staples Advertisement 9/9/01 Intel Celeron Processor800mhz 128mb RAM 20 Gigabyte Hard Drive 48x Max CD-Rom Drive Compaq 15” Monitor Compaq Color Printer Free year MSN $899.94 - $200 in rebates = $699 Comparing Computer Ads: #3 Gateway Website 9/9/01 Intel Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz 128mb RDRAM 40 Gigabyte Hard Drive 32x Max CD-Rom Drive 8x Max CD-RW Drive 17” Monitor (15.9 viewable image size) 64MB NVIDIA™ GeForce2 MX400 AGP Graphics 56k modem Boston Acoustics Speakers Intel Pocket PC camera Free year AOL $1299 Anyone else confused?

16. Buying a Computer Comparing Computer Ads Step 2 - RAM First, how computers understand size Byte = 1 Character Kilobyte = 1000 Bytes (1000 characters) Megabyte = 1000 Kilobytes (1,000,000…) Gigabyte = 1000 Megabytes (1,000,000,000…)

20. Buying a Computer Comparing Computer Ads Step 5 – CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD CD: Plays CD music and installs programs from CD CD-R: Plays CD music, installs programs from CD, and allows you to record (burn) your own CD CD-RW: Plays CD music, installs programs from CD, and allows you to record and re-record CDs DVD: Plays CD music, install programs from CD, and Play DVD Note: DVDs will eventually totally replace CDs “ Recordable” DVD is here but very expensive…price will come down Computer #1 – 48X Max CD-ROM drive Computer #2 – 48X Max CD-ROM drive; 8x Max CD-RW Computer #3 – 48X Max CD-ROM drive; 8x Max CD-RW

27. Buying a Computer ? ? ? Questions? Questions? Questions? ?