How General Purpose Desktop Computer Has Changed Over The Last Few Years In Terms Of Hardware, Software, and Applications

Question 1

Processor

Answer 1

Have been getting faster, increasing range of applications a computer can run.

I3, I5, I7,I9

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Memory density has increased immensely.

programs can be far larger and process more data, and perform more operations.

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4. Increase from 4Gb to 32Gb RAM

Question 3

Advance in secondary storage

Answer 3

Disk drives increase from 5 MB to 10TB over 4 decades. Very large data can be stored.

Question 4

Input/ Output

Answer 4

Many displays are high resolution, touch sensitive no mouse and other pointing devices are not necessary.

Question 5

Interface technology

Answer 5

USB, WIFI AND Bluetooth make it very easy to connect a wide range of I/O devices to computer.