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Chapter 20

Chapter 20. Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs. Portable Computing Devices. Notebooks Tablet PCs PDAs. More mobility. Less functionalities. cheaper. Notebook Computers. Same technology as PCs, with modifications for space, portability, and power conservation Thin LCD panels

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Chapter 20

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  1. Chapter 20 Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs

  2. Portable Computing Devices • Notebooks • Tablet PCs • PDAs More mobility Less functionalities cheaper A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  3. Notebook Computers • Same technology as PCs, with modifications for space, portability, and power conservation • Thin LCD panels • Compact hard drives • Small memory modules • CPUs that require less power A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  4. Notebooks versus PCs A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  5. Windows Notebook Features • Power management • Support for PC Cards • Windows 2000/XP Offline Files and Folders • Folder redirection under Windows 2000/XP • Hardware profiles under Windows 2000/XP A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  6. Power Management • Automatically power down a PC card when it is not in use A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  7. Support for PC Cards • Many Windows drivers for PC Card devices A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  8. Offline Files and Folders • When the notebook is offline: stores shared files and folders in a cache on the notebook • When the notebook is online: synchronizes the files in the cache with those on the network A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  9. Folder Redirection • Allow the user to point to an alternate location on a network for a folder • The location of a folder (e.g., my documents) is transparent to the user A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  10. Hardware Profiles • Allows a user to specify which devices are to be loaded on startup for a set of circumstances • One profile for when the notebook is on the road • One profile for when the notebook is in the office A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  11. Hands-on Project: Crate a Hardware Profile • pp. 930 & Figure 20-2 A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  12. Hands-on Project: Power Management • pp. 933 & Figure 20-3 • pp. 934 & Figure 20-4 • pp. 935 & Figure 20-5 A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  13. Connecting Peripheral Devices to Notebooks (continued) A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  14. Connecting Peripheral Devices to Notebooks (continued) A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  15. PC Card Slots • Connect to the 16-bit PCMCIA I/O bus on notebook motherboard • Might contain a data cable to an external drive, or might be self-contained A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  16. PC Card Slots A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  17. PC Cards A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  18. PC Card Slot Standards • CardBus (latest spec) • Improves I/O speed • Increases bus width to 32 bits • Supports lower-voltage PC Cards while maintaining backward compatibility • Three other types (Type I, Type II, Type III), which vary in thickness A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  19. Using a PC Card to Interface with a Network A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  20. Types of Memory Used by Notebooks A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  21. Hard Drive Comparison A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  22. Tablet PCs • Allows the use of a digital pen to write handwritten text on the LCD panel • Smaller, more graphical, more user friendly, and more portable than a notebook A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  23. A Tablet PC A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  24. Features of a Tablet PC • Functioning Windows XP computer with the power of a full-sized notebook • Input can be by handwriting, voice, hardware keyboard, or on-screen keyboard • Built-in support for wireless, wired, and dial-up networking • AC power adapter and rechargeable battery • Windows XP Tablet PC Edition • PC Card, USB ports, and VGA port for peripheral devices A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  25. Writing on a Tablet PC A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  26. PDAs • Provide more portability than a notebook or tablet PC • Include a stylus • Powered using an AC adapter or battery • Use either a grayscale or color active matrix or dual-scan passive matrix display • Can interface with a desktop or notebook computer to transfer files and applications • Synchronize with PCs through a USB, serial, or wireless port A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  27. A PDA A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  28. Optional PDA Accessories A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  29. PDA Manufacturers and Operating Systems • Windows Mobile by Microsoft • More versatile • Better for downloading and running applications similar to Windows A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

  30. PDA Manufacturers and Operating Systems (continued) • Palm OS by PalmSource • Less complex • Easier to use • Better choice when PDA is used for simple tasks • Principal difference between the two OSs is in the applications they support A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition

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