Consider the current high?performance desktop computer and the laptop (or notebook). Suppose you wish to increase the performance of both machines. Do you think that the same elements of the system (in both desktop and notebook forms) need improving equally, or do you think that the task of improving each system is different? If so, why?
What will be an ideal response?
This question can’t be answered without a precise knowledge of the desktop and laptop systems. However, it is possible to make reasonable assumptions. Desktop processors and laptop processors are designed to occupy very different niches, and therefore they have different design considerations. Generally, the desktop processor is concerned with performance, and the laptop processor is concerned with weight and endurance (battery life). Factors that most limit performance on a laptop are not necessarily as limiting on a desktop and vice versa. For example, disk drives in laptops have a far lower performance than in desktops (in terms of both capacity and speed). The rotational speed of laptop disks is often relatively low (e.g., 4,800 rpm compared with 15,000 rpm for the fastest hard drives intended for desk?top systems) in order to consume less energy. Changing a laptop’s hard drive to semiconductor based solid?state drive may improve the performance of a laptop
considerably
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