Essays on Personal Computing

Technology has the ability to change all lives, but only if all people are provided equal access to it. Application of technology is important because advancements provide critical tools for empowerment. These new technologies are useful in the definition of social as well as economic advancements. Technological advancements around the world have developed a unique platform for supporting change and helping people live better lives. However, the extent to which different people have access to technological advancements is significant to the definition of how challenging it is for people to access the same technological advancements, hence the creation of ...

PART A

Question one Apple Computer was incorporated in 1977 to design, manufactures as well as marketing mobile communication and media devices (Reuters.com, 2016). Moreover, it also sells different related software, and third party digital applications. Its products are iPhone, Apple television, iPod, Mac, both consumer and professional software applications, iOS and OSX operating systems. The Apple computers Inc. provides a variety of mobile communications, personal computing products, and portable digital players.

Question two

The operating performance of Apple Inc. relies on the general economic conditions. Therefore, for the last four years (1999 to 2002), the demand for the Apple's products has been ...

Milestone I

Apple Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, which makes it 40 years old. There is something to say about a company that has been around for that long; they must be doing something right. There were three different kinds of computers starting with the Apple I, Apple II and the Macintosh. The Apple I had a typewriter like keyboard with the ability to connect to the TV for the screen. These were all built by hand. The Apple II arrived in April, 1977 and with this came color graphics and a tape based machine. Then in 1984 Macintosh ...

Executive Summary

The laptop retail market includes laptop sales that are sold through traditional brick and mortar retail outlets and now through mail order and online stores in the form of websites. Laptops are personal computing devices that can be used when the user is on the go to accomplish their own computing goals. Laptop retailing has major concerns that are focused on ensuring that the retailer’s own investment on the products does not end up remaining on the stores, instead, it should be made available for purchase by the consumers by ensuring that the information about what the retailer ...

Part one

Personal computers have now become not just used for computation but also, a source of entertainment inform of PC games. The personal computing industry is now in growing at unprecedented levels regarding the hardware and software components. Hardware and software sales are up, and the challenge that computer consumers face now is identifying the computer model they need that will fit their requirements. Especially for the hardware components, the users will need to consider their hardware choice combination than include, graphics card, processors, storage, memory and power consumption. To do this, computer users will require determining whether the product ...

Lenovo Group Limited is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops personal computers, servers and IT software. Amid the global dotcom bubble in the 2000s, Lenovo began to pump resources into sectors such as mobile phones, internet-related business and information technology services. The technology joy ride was short-lived as competition at home grew ferociously with the mainland's entry into the World Trade Organization, eating into Lenovo’s bottom line. After this ill-fated strategy of diversification and a focus on the domestic market between 2001 and 2003, Lenovo chairman Yang Yuanqing said in an interview with the South China Morning ...

Introduction

Something that is disruptive overturns or changes the traditional way of doing things and in its place introduces an absolutely new way of doing the same old thing. Disruptive technology, therefore, can be described as a technology that displaces an established technology and in the process introduces a new groundbreaking product or service to the market (Rouse, 2014). Disruptive technology disrupts the status quo of the market, changes the way people live and work, and rearranges the pool of values. This inevitably forces other companies to either change the way that they approach their businesses or risk losing market ...

Nowadays, in the era of globalization, rapid technological innovations and globalization of information, it is already impossible to imagine our life without modern technologies. Technology and electronics, including personal computers, exist in each area of people’s life, and play a very important role. They make life more convenient and sometimes even easier by offering new opportunities that were not available before. This paper will focus on personal computing particularly and on its role in the contemporary society with a specific focus on education, social life and health care system in order to understand, whether personal computing is necessary ...

Apple’s company website.

Apple Company was established by Steve Jobs in April 1976 and incorporated in January 3rd 1977. Over the past years, the company has developed to become the leading computer hardware, software, consumer electronics and the digital distribution. Apple Company takes pride in making life easier and even more efficient for the consumers in the United States of America.

The founder’s vision statement was to bring the best personal computing experience to the students, educators, creative professional and the consumers across the globe through pits innovative software, hardware and internet offerings. In line with its vision, the company’s ...

The purpose of this report is to analyze the competitive and strategic analysis of Apple’s business model. Apple Inc is a business organization that is respected globally. It is an acknowledged pioneer in its areas of operation, in the technology sector to be precise. As a manufacturer and a marketer of computers, softwares, peripherals and networking solutions, its product line includes the Mac OS X operating system, the Macintosh range desktop and notebook PCs, the IPod digital music player, the IPad tablet, the ITunes music store, X serve storage products and X serve G5 servers. Apple sells its products through third ...

Introduction

In any business environment, the players, especially the companies, must strive to gain the competitive advantage in order to withstand competition. Technology companies are faced with another challenge of adjusting with the rapidly changing technology in order to remain relevant in their markets. Such companies must adjust appropriately, both internally and externally. This paper analyses and evaluates the position of HP Company. It analyses the internal and external environment of the company and gives the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. In addition, it identifies one of the problems that the company is faced with and proposes a solution ...

1. Abstract With eth advent of computing devices, there has been a phenomenal growth in the adoption of electronic displays. There has been adoption of electronic displays in these environments. Even as the evolution of electronic devices is seen to be on the increase, there is a need to ensure that the electronic display devices are friendly to the environment and efficient for personal use. Emphasis is seen to be put on safety and green computing. There is also an emergence of hand-held devices which are being adopted at a fast rate and the use of electronic displays is highly adopted ...