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Q7. You need a computer to analyze large amounts of sales data (1 to 2GB) for fo

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Question

Q7. You need a computer to analyze large amounts of sales data (1 to 2GB) for forecasting and analysis. Which one of the two computers below is a better computer for such an application? Why?

Computer A

Computer B

Intel® Core™ i5-6500 Processor

500 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

4GB RAM

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Intel® Core™ i5-6500 Processor

250 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

8GB RAM

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Computer A

Computer B

Intel® Core™ i5-6500 Processor

500 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

4GB RAM

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Intel® Core™ i5-6500 Processor

250 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

8GB RAM

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Explanation / Answer

Computer B is better computer for such application because to process and analyze data it has to be loaded into the RAM. If a computer has RAM of good size it works better. HardDrive is just used to store the data. But, the question is not about storage and it is about analyzing and processing . Hence , we prefere computer B because of it's RAM size and hence it would work better compared to computer A