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Demystifying PC Technology: RAM vs. ProcessorWhich is more important for employee productivity? RAM vs. Processor:
When choosing the best PCs for small business, look for a good balance between processor speed and the amount of RAM. Business-class devices on the Intel vPro® Essentials platform can provide greater confidence over consumer devices because they have built-in hardware security that will protect your data and your ideas more than software alone. These choices, combined with the amount of RAM can help you meet today’s challenges and capture tomorrow’s opportunities. When choosing the best PCs for small business, look for a good balance between processor speed and the amount of RAM. Business-class devices on the Intel vPro® Essentials platform can provide greater confidence over consumer devices because they have built-in hardware security that will protect your data and your ideas more than software alone. These choices, combined with the amount of RAM can help you meet today’s challenges and capture tomorrow’s opportunities. Decades of computer shopping have led many people to believe that more RAM is the ultimate solution for improving PC performance. While it’s undoubtedly important, it’s not the only solution for better performance, or even necessarily the right one, depending on your needs.1 2 An older computer (one that’s more than five years old) takes extra time to boot up, load web pages, and run programs, which can have a surprising impact on your bottom line in lost employee productivity. In one Intel study researchers found that slower computers decrease employee productivity by as much as 29%, potentially costing an employer up to $17,000 in lost productivity for each older computer in the workplace.3 This same study also estimated that waiting for an older PC to start up each morning can waste up to 11 hours a year.4 Beyond lost productivity, a slower computer leads to frustrated employees, making your hardware investment as much of an employee retention issue as a technology issue. Therefore, it’s often a smart investment to ensure powerful components so your small business computers can process more data, run more data-intensive programs, and keep more browser tabs open. What RAM Does…and Doesn’t…DoRAM, stands for Random Access Memory, and is used as a short-term memory for computers to place its data for easy access. The more RAM a computer has, the more data it can usually juggle at any given moment. Think of RAM as a workspace: A giant workbench is obviously easier to work at than a tiny tea tray would be. While more RAM can be good, there are limits to the benefit of adding more RAM. One such limit is a physical aspect: your motherboard can only hold a certain amount of RAM, so if you’re upgrading an older machine that already is nearing maximum RAM capacity, you might not have much room to grow. Another such limit is processing power. All the short-term memory in the world won’t make your employees’ work lives easier if you don’t have the processing power to take advantage of it. The Power of the ProcessorThe processor, also known as the CPU, provides the instructions and processing power the computer needs to do its work. The more powerful and updated your processor, the faster your computer can complete its tasks. By getting a more powerful processor, you can help your computer think and work faster. This alone may be enough to optimize the power of the RAM you already have and help you maximize your investment in any new RAM you do add. If more RAM is like a bigger workbench, then a faster processor is similar to inviting a friend over to help you with your work. Learn more about other computer components › Protect Your Data with Hardware-Based SecurityWhen you choose a business-class device with an Intel® Core™ processor on the Intel vPro® Essentials platform, it contains out-of-the box security features below the operating system that enables your small business to achieve greater protection from security threats than software alone. Anticipate Future NeedsRAM and the CPU—each works complementary to the other, as well as to the performance capabilities of your motherboard, hard drive, and other computer components. You may want to choose the latest Intel® Core™ processor you know and trust today, and add more RAM as employee workload needs grow over time.5 See if you’re ready for a computer upgrade ›
Related TopicsChoosing the Right PCs and LaptopsWhen choosing the devices that will work best for your small business, here are three questions you should ask yourself and your team to make sure the computers you buy are the right fit. Do You Need a Tech Refresh?Employees waiting for minutes for their PCs to boot up each morning, computer crashes, data breaches, and technology that simply can’t keep up can all affect productivity and the bottom line. Is Your PC Hardware Hurting Your Bottom Line?When it comes to your business’ bottom line, however, trying to squeeze every bit of life out of equipment isn’t always a smart move. While using old computers until they wear out may seem like a wise way to save, it could cost you money, productivity, and customers in the long run.
Product and Performance Information1Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. 2 All versions of the Intel vPro® platform require an eligible Intel® Core™ processor, a supported operating system, Intel® LAN and/or WLAN silicon, firmware enhancements, and other hardware and software necessary to deliver the manageability use cases, security features, system performance, and stability that define the platform. See intel.com/performance-vpro for details. 3"Every 5-year-old computer you have could be costing you up to US$17,000 per year” is based on a 2018 web-based survey, commissioned by Intel and conducted by J. Gold Associates, LLC., of 3,297 respondents from small business in 16 countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA) to assess the challenges and costs associated with deploying older PCs. Survey respondents estimated that for PCs more than 5 years old, employees would be up to 29% less productive—based on an average assumed employee’s salary of US$60,000, the lost productivity cost will amount to US$17,000. To review this statistic and the full report, visit https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/business/small-business/sme-pc-study.html. 4Employees spend up to 11 hours per year just waiting for their computer to boot up” is based on a 2018 web-based survey, commissioned by Intel and conducted by J. Gold Associates, LLC., of 3,297 respondents from small business in 16 countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA) to assess the challenges and costs associated with deploying older PCs. Assuming one start-up per day and using an average start-up time that was calculated by taking the midpoint of the time that survey respondents estimated it takes to start up a PC that is more than 5 years old, employees were estimated to spend up to 11 hours a year starting up a 5-year-old PC (4.07 minutes X 5 days per week X 52 weeks per year divided by 60 (to get to hours) X utilization rate of .67 so 4.07 X 5 X 52 / 60 X .67 = 11.8). To review this statistic and the full report, visit https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/business/small-business/sme-pc-study.html 5 ©Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Which of the following should an organization consider when making make buy rent decisions for a given software system?Factors that managers should consider when making a make, buy, or rent decision include the following: competitive advantage, security, legal and compliance issues, the organization's skill and available labor, cost, time, and vendor issues.
Which of the following is one of the benefits enjoyed by software as a service vendors?Which of the following is one of the benefits enjoyed by SaaS vendors? Lower distribution costs, limiting development to a single platform, tighter feedback loop with clients, instant deployability to fix bugs, reduced risk of software piracy.
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