Computer Suitability by Specification

When purchasing a computer , we must consider the purpose of it’s main use.

Some main purposes include:

Based on the purpose of it’s main use we can consider some minimum recommendations for hardware specifications based on the following criteria:

Below is a Table showing the minimum recommendations for various applications:

Computer Purpose	Hardware specification
Computer Purpose	CPU	RAM	HARD DRIVE	Graphics	Types of software	Additional Peripherals
Web Browsing,	1 GHZ	1-2 GB	A few gigabytes of free space		Web Browser (Edge, Internet Explore, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox)
Office document preparation	1-2 GHZ	4 GB	100-200 GB		Word-processing Spreadsheet (Microsoft Office) Accounting (Peachtree accounting)	N/A
Desktop Publishing	2 GHZ	4GB	100-200 GB	On Board graphics	Publishing software (Microsoft Publisher)	Stylus, Touch Screen
Graphics editing and Magazine publication (online and offline)	2- 3 GHZ, Dual ,Quad Core Examples: Intel i5, i7	4 – 8 GB	500 – 1000 GB Mechanical HDD	On Board graphics	E.G Photoshop Microsoft Publisher	Graphics pad
Video Production	2- 4 GHZ, Dual ,Quad Core, up to 12 cores Examples: Intel i5, i7 ,i9	8-32 GB	SSD or SSHD for OS and program files (256 GB ) Mechanical Hard Drive for additional Storage 1-2 TB	Dedicated hardware acceleration with 2 GB VRAM	E.g Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects Maya	Trackball, Digital video converters
Gaming for entertainment and development	3- 4 GHZ, Dual ,Quad Core, up to 12 cores Examples: Intel i5, i7 ,i9	8-32 GB	SSD or SSHD for OS and program files (256 GB ) Mechanical Hard Drive for additional Storage 1-2 TB	Dedicated hardware acceleration with 4 GB VRAM

Island Class