In this video I show four different motherboards and describe their form factor and main components. Do you need IT certification training? Visit our website for more information @ www.techskills.edu.
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- HP Desktop 20″
HP Desktop 20" All-In-One, AMD Dual-Core A4-3400, 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (TS320-1030 / TS3201030) $729.99
- Samsung Touchscreen
Samsung Touchscreen 23", Intel® Core™ i5-2390T, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (DP700A3BA02US / DP700A3B-A02US / DP700A3BA020) $1149.99
- HP Desktop
HP Desktop, AMD Quad-Core A8-3820, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (P7-1225 PC / P71225) $589.99
- Dell Desktop
Dell Desktop, Intel Core i3-2120, 6GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (I620-1298BK / I6201298BK) $499.50
- Asus Desktop
Asus Desktop, Intel Core i3-2120, 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (CM6730-US-2AD / CM6730US2AD) $529.99
- Sony 24″
Sony Sony 24" All-In-One, Intel Core i5-2430M, 8GB RAM, 750GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (VPCL23CFX/B / VPCL23CFXB) $1179.99
- Dell 15.6″ i5-2430M
Dell 15.6", Intel® Core™ i5-2430M, 6GB, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (X15Z-5834ELS / X15Z5834ELS) $949.50
- Dell 18.4″ i7-2670M
Dell 18.4", Intel Core i7-2670QM, 8GB RAM, 750GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (AM18X-8636BK / AM18X8636BK) $2049.99
- Dell 17.3 i7-2670QM
Dell 17.3", Intel Core i7-2670QM, 4GB RAM, 750GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (AM17X-R36842 / AM17XR36842) $1599.99
- Dell 17.3″ i5-2450M
Dell 17.3", Intel Core i5-2450M, 6GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (I17RN-4235BK / I17RN4235BK) $699.97
- Dell 17.3″ i3-2350M
Dell 17.3", Intel Core i3-2350M, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (i17RN-2929BK / I17RN2929BK) $599.97
- Dell 15.6″ i3-2350M
Dell 15.6", Intel Core i3-2350M, 6GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 (I15RN-2354BK / I15RN2354BK) $549.97
Pros: The i3-2310M CPU has decent pfrroemance and hardware virtualization support, runs cool, very good battery life (5 hours or more, depending on what you\’re using it for), textured plastic surface for a good grip while carrying it around. Cons: glossy screen surface makes it unusable outside or with a window behind you; only 2 USB ports; USB 2.0 instead of 3.0; no HDMI port; no bluetooth; weak sound (esp. compared to HP machines); power adapter plug stick straight out just asking to be bumped to break the power jack. One other very annoying thing is that the active area of the touchpad extends a bit too far to the left, so that when your hands are resting in the home position on the keyboard (with forefingers on the F and J keys), the heel of your left hand activates the touchpad, causing weird behavior. (WHAT was Toshiba thinking?!?) I finally glued a short length of popsicle stick along the left side of the touchpad to solve the problem by keeping the heel of my hand from touching the touchpad. A black Sharpie marker made the popsicle stick match the case, so that it\’s not toooo ugly. The big advantage of the Intel i3-2310M CPU over the similar B940 CPU is that the i3-2310M has hardware virtualization support. (It\’s also 33% faster, according to PassMark.) The AMD A4-3300M ( A series ) is also very attractive, and generally less expensive than machines with the i3-2310M, but the only currently available sub-$400 laptop with that CPU was an HP machine with a 14 display, and I wanted the larger screen. So I went with this Toshiba. (Note: the widely-used AMD E-350 CPU is dog-slow, and the Intel Atom CPUs are even slower.) If you shop around (e.g., watch SlickDeals) you can find DDR3 laptop memory very cheap these days, so I immediately bought a pair of 4GB DDR3 RAM sticks for $36, and upgraded this computer to 8GB. So now I have a fast i3-2300M laptop with 15.6 display and 8GB of RAM, for a total of only about $416 + tax.