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Understanding Computer Hardware and Software Trends

Dive into the world of computer hardware and software, exploring the evolution of technology, trends, and emerging technologies. Learn about the tangible components of computers, software programming languages, pricing changes, and the impact on productivity. Discover the latest trends in multimedia-oriented hardware and the significance of software compatibility. Explore popular operating systems and considerations for choosing software.

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Understanding Computer Hardware and Software Trends

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  1. Computer Hardware & Software and Emerging Trend & Technologies Yong Choi School of Business CSU, Bakersfield

  2. Computer Hardware • Comprehensive term for all the physical parts of a computer • Tangible: things that you can actually touch and feel • disks, monitors, keyboards, printers, boards, speaker, and chips. • Falling price of HW • Technical driving force of the Information Age

  3. Computing Power • Faster • Cheaper (PC: less than $500) • Smaller • Shorter computer product life cycle

  4. Storage • Price of 1 MB hard drive space • 1983 - $300 • ** First PC in 1981 • ** Early IBM PCs have 20 - 30 MB • 1989 - $ 2 • 1997 - $ .07 • Today - minimal

  5. Transmission • I hr satellite teleconferencing • 1985 - $100 • 1998 - less than $10 • Today - minimal • Internet dial-up service • 1997: AVG. $40 • DSL: less than $15

  6. Hardware Trend • More Multimedia Oriented…. • graphics, picture, sound, voice, video clip • DMB • Smaller, Smarter…. • PDA (personal digital assistant), cellular phone…. • More powerful • Massive parallel (process many tasks simultaneously) • many networked CPUs vs. many tasks

  7. picotux - the smallest Linux Computer in the World

  8. Computer Software • Intangible: untouchable • Written in various computer program languages • C++, Java, VB.NET.... • Set of instructions that hardware executes to carry out a specific task for you • Changing of SW price • More important than HW • Y2K

  9. GUI vs. Command Driven • DOS vs. Windows (i.e., XP, Vista..) • User training • Productivity • Technical Compatibility

  10. Demo of Command Driven • Start  programs  accessories  command prompt • Try to delete “sylmis300.ppt” PowerPoint file from “my documents” or “desktop” • dir • cd my documents or desktop (not case sensitive but space) • dir (to see available files) • del sylmis300.ppt (don’t forget the file extension) • dir

  11. Popular Operating Systems

  12. SW Considerations • Compatibility with current software • Outsourcing • Off-the-shelf software

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