Assume that you have been asked to prepare a computer hardware budget. Your company has identified three classes of computer user. Class A employees use the computer for email, Web browsing, Internet connectivity, and limited document writing. Class B employee’s use the computer for all of the activities of Class A, and they need to be able to read and create complicated documents. They also need to be able to create and process large spreadsheets and process small graphics files. Class C employees are data analysts who perform all of the tasks that Class A and Class B employees do; they also analyze data using programs that make extensive computations and produce large and complicated graphics.
a. Using the Internet, determine two appropriate alternatives for each class of employee. Search dell.com, lenovo.com, hewlett-packard.com, and any other sites you think appropriate.
b. Justify each of the selections in your answer to part a.
c. Specify the cost of each of the selections in part a.