CIS115 Blog: September 2013

Top 3 Most Expensive Laptops
	Acer S7-392-9890	DELL Inspiron 17R Non-Touch	Toshiba Qosmio X70-AST2GX1
Price	$1,699.99	$~~1,319.99~~ now $999.99	~~$2,499.99~~ now $1,899.99
Type and speed of CPU	Intel Core i7-4500U Processor 1.8GHz With Turbo Boost Technology Up to 3.00GHz	4^th Generation Intel Core I7-4500U processor 1.8GHz	Intel Core i7-4700MQ quad processor 2.8GHz
Type and speed of RAM	8 GB DDR3	Dual Channel DDR3 (Up to 16GB) 4GB Installed	32 GB DDR3L
Amount of CPU cache	4M L3 Cache	4M L3 Cache	L3 Cache 6MB
System bus speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Hard disk capacity and speed (revolutions per minute or rpm)	256GB SSD drive in RAID 0 configuration	1 TB SATA Hard Drive 5400 RPM	256 GB Solid SSD + 1 TB 5400 RPM
Number and type of ports.	5 Ports 1. 2X USB 3.0 2. HDMI 3. Digital Media Card Reader 4. Headphone Audio Jack	9 Ports 1. VGA 2. Ethernet 3. USB 2.0 4. 2X USB 3.0 5. USB/eSATA combo 6. 8-in-1 Card Reader 7. Microphone Jack 8. Headphone Jack	9 Ports 1. Headphone Jack 2. Microphone Jack 3. HDMI 4. RGB 5. 4X USB 3.0 6. Ethernet LAN

Top 3 Least Expensive Laptops
	Acer Aspire One A0725-0412	DELL Inspiron 15 Non-Touch	Toshiba Satellite C855-S5346
Price	$329.99	$349.99	$299.99
Type and speed of CPU	AMD Dual-Core Accelerated Processor C-60 1.0Ghz with TurboCore Technology Up to 1.33GHz	Intel Celeron Processor 1017U 1.6 GHz	Intel Celeron 900 Processor 1.1 GHz
Type and speed of RAM	4.0 GB DDR3 SDRAM	Dual Channel DDR3L (Up to 16GB) 4GB Installed	4 GB DDR3
Amount of CPU cache	1M L2 Cache	2M L2 Cache	2M L2 Cache
System bus speed	1066 MHz	1600 MHZ	1333 MHz
Hard disk capacity and speed (revolutions per minute or rpm)	320 GB 5400 RPM (SATA Hard Drive)	320 GB 5400 RPM	320 GB 5400 RPM
Number and type of ports.	7 Ports 1. -VGA 2. -LAN 3. -HDMI USB 3.0 4. -Card Reader 5. -Line In/out 6. -2x USB 2.0	6 Ports 1. Front card reader 2. VGA 3. HDMI 4. 2X USB 3.0 5. Microphone and Headphone jack	6 Ports 1. Memory Card Reader 2. 3x USB 2.0 3. RGB 4. Headphone Jack

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