Tomorrow s Technology and You Chapter 3 Hardware - Peripherals Slide 1
Chapter 3 What can we learn from Microsoft? What are the possible health risks of extensive computer use and how can we minimize them? What are the guidelines when shopping for computers? What are the emerging technologies for storage and display of information, and what might be the effects on society? (From Chapter 1) How can we search the Web safely and effectively, verify the validity of information found, and attribute correctly? (Note that we are not covering the Hardware basics portion of this chapter use it as a resource if you need explanations of basics in work on later chapters eg RFID p72) Slide 2
What can we learn from Bill Gates? (pp 65-66) 1980 Microsoft produces an OS for IBM s new PC. Bill Gates and Paul Allen Where did the OS (DOS) come from? IBM license was non-exclusive so what? Microsoft now sells: OS Windows current version? Office Applications what are they? What else? How do they deal with competition? What can we learn from this? Slide 3
Chapter 3 Objectives What can we learn from Microsoft? What are the possible health risks of extensive computer use and how can we minimize them? What are the guidelines when shopping for computers? What are the emerging technologies for storage and display of information, and what might be the effects on society? Slide 4
Ergonomics (p 86) What does the term mean? What are the results of poor ergonomics? RSI (e.g. CTS) Techno-stress- (e.g. CVS -is Google helpful here?) How bad is the problem? Why is the text coverage so limited? What can we do? Posture & position Ergonomic hardware Eliminate screen flicker! Other ideas? What else can we do? learn to touch type! how? lots more in text and on web! - eg: http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/ Slide 5
Chapter 3 Objectives What can we learn from Microsoft? What are the possible health risks of extensive computer use and how can we minimize them? What are the guidelines when shopping for computers? What are the emerging technologies for storage and display of information, and what might be the effects on society? Slide 6
Shopping for Computers (p 94) Laptop vs desktop? Mac vs PC Windows vs? XP vs Vista vs Win 7 RAM size and Processor Speed How measured? Guidelines? What other hardware will I need to decide on? Screen size Hard drive size CD-RW/DVD-ROM vs CD/DVD+RW KB, mouse, screen, with laptop? Printer, cables, ink! Slide 7
Shopping for Computers Internet connection costs Backup device Flash drive why not? if you must use, use patch cable! why? External hard drive N: drive! why is it better? Can I upgrade? USB vs Firewire Ports, RAM slots, disk bays Shop the knee of the curve how? Slide 8
Software Shopping for Computers (p94) Applications? MS Office vs? Security? Ergonomic furniture Vendor price vs support Warranties / Help what are my options? Avoid becoming a prisoner To what? How? Other issues Slide 9
Chapter 3 Objectives What can we learn from Microsoft? What are the possible health risks of extensive computer use and how can we minimize them? What are the guidelines when shopping for computers? What are the emerging technologies for storage and display of information, and what might be the effects on society? Slide 10
A Look at the Future (p 97,98) Solid state storage what is this? so what? LCD displays flat panels, goggles, heads-up displays pros and cons? Retinal displays uses? problems? Ambient Information What is it? So what? Slide 11