lab 1 and 2

Unit 2: Lesson 2 Lab 2.41

Purpose

You are attempting to help your friend’s growing business meet her associated growing data and storage needs. For this lab, your goal is to identify key hardware peripheral considerations as you evaluate different configurations to help your friend fulfill her evolving computer needs.

Lab Instructions

In this lab you are given the task to help your friend make a decision about the types of hardware, peripherals, storage, and associated options that will meet the needs for her growing business.

On uCertify, in section 2.4 for the Lab, complete research and provide your written recommendations for each of the lab questions.

  Your friend Elise comes to you looking for help. You know that she is talented at producing videos and has recently started her own company to make videos for local restaurants and entertainment venues to put on their websites.

Elise tells you that her business is growing quickly, and she’s very excited. She’s had so much business that she needed to bring in another friend, James, to do some work for her, and both of them have been very busy. Elise had purchased an external hard drive for additional storage, but now she is running out of room and needs a better solution, preferably one that both she and James can use. Elise uses a MacBook Pro. James has some sort of Mac as well, but it’s a few years old.

In order, Elise’s goals are to increase storage space, make it easily available for her and James, and have some protection against losing all of the data she has compiled to date. She also doesn’t want to spend a fortune, because she needs to keep costs down for her business to keep growing.

Feel free to use the Internet to research and come up with at least two options for Elise.

Submission requirements: o Answer each of the questions with a written paragraph of 2-3 sentences o Add an image (snip-it or screenshot) showing what you found (where

applicable)

1. What types of hardware does Elise need to accomplish her goals?

2. Are there any peripherals that would let her accomplish all of her goals with one device?

Unit 2: Lesson 2 Lab 2.42

3. How much will that option cost if she wants to get 2 TB of storage space?

4. Are there other options that Elise has which might save her money?

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