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Fox
Engineering Inc.
PO Box 215 Spencerville, MD 20868 (301) 421-4130 |
| CPU: |
Four Cores common, around 3.0 Ghz, direct memory bus (no more front side bus) |
| Alternate CPU: |
Eight Cores emerging for desktop, probably all around 2.5 Ghz |
| Memory: | 4096 MBytes total dual or tri-channel |
| Case: | probably smaller than you think |
| Keyboard: | Still in use...more touch panels |
| Pointing Device: | optical
mouse (still with us); other common pointing devices too. |
| Floppy Disk: | Historical artifact of the distant past |
| Hard Drive: | 1 TByte common |
| Optical Disk Drive: | DVD common, probably Blue Ray and other higher density drives too |
| Video Board: | Faster graphics processors maybe even 512 MBytes common, multiple monitors, 3D capable. GPUs on par with CPUs in speed and cores...even some execution in GPUs |
| Video Display LCD: | 32" or
larger, maybe no difference between TV and display. LED
backlight, perhaps Organic displays |
| Sound Board: | most motherboards have sound built-in |
| Speakers: | Probably embedded into the Video Display |
| Internet Connectivity: | ADSL
or Cable service probably
available in all areas 50 mb download speeds FIOS (Fiber services more extensive) uses a WAN/LAN router at 50 mb speeds (Note: Firewall absolutely required and still needed) |
| LAN: | 1Gb Ethernet common, perhaps 4 gb emerging (often on motherboard) |
| Operating System: | Windows 7 Professional (32-bit on the out; 64-bit on the
in) Windows 8 in Beta maybe, only in 64-bit editions Linux 64-bit only |
| Green IT: | Still important, greater energy efficiency in power supplies, more recyclable components. |
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