M2, Unit 2

	Mac Pro	LENOVOC460 21.5" Touchscreen All-in-One PC
Machine and peripherals	The Mac Pro is a very good computer for its size but you will need to buy a keyboard.	With the LenovoC460 you want need a keyboard and mouse as it is touchscreen but you will probably need one anyway whick you will have to buy separatly.
RAM	The RAM on these Macs is very high at 16GB but they are configurable to 32GB with four 8BG meaning using this computer with be very smooth and there will be a very low chance it will crash making it easy to use for a design team.	Unlike the Mac this only has 4GB or RAM and a max of 8GB to install. This may not seem like much when compared to the Mac but it still provides a lot of power for a design team.
Graphics Cards	The Mac also has a Dual AMD D500 graphics processor that has 3GB of VRAM. This graphics card also has 240GB/s of memory bandwidth and 2.2 teraflops performance.	The Lenovo has a Nvidia GF705M with 1GB, which is actually quite poor but as an alternitive it would still be enough to power the programs needed for a design team.
Processor	The Mac Pro  has a 6-Core processor that runs at 3.5GHz that can be configured to an 8-core processor that runs a 3GHz.	This also has an Intel i3 Processor which again isnt very good but will run the programs needed.

 Overall I would have to choose the Mac Pro as it is much better in all of these areas but the Mac Pro does have a downside, the price. You will have to pay a significant amount more than the Lenovo but it if worth it for the extra power inthe computer.

M3 + D2, Unit 2

Memory

The average score for this Mac is around 396 but this one in particular this slightly lower at a score of 340 and if i compared it to and new MacBook the score is significantly low as a new one has an average score of 1150. The RAM on this Mac is fairly standard and got a score of 108  and had 4GB of it but a newer mac has double this at around 8GB of RAM and has a score of 181. There was also a very significant increase in the RAM speed between the old and new MacBooks. This on here has a speed of about 2687MB/s but a newer Mac had a RAM Speed of 9000MB/s.

This could simply be improved by adding a bigger RAM card or adding another one which could improve the RAM speed overall.

CPU
After looking at some other scores of Macs I found that this one have a low score compared to some of the newer models but this could be because it has an Intel Core Duo processor running at 2530MHz but a newer one has a score of 744 but the newer models do have an Intel Core i7 processor running at 240MHz.

A way of improving this would be to replace the processor with a newer one but this can be quite difficult to do in some cases and can be quite expensive.

Graphics
The graphics card in this model of MacBook are quite poor compared to the ones in newer Macs, this one runs a Nvidia GeForece 9600M GT and only has a score of 29 and runs 70 3D frames a second whereas the newer models run at about 518 3D frames per second and have an average score of about 166 which is a huge improvement on the older ones.

The graphics could be improved be installing a new more powerful graphics card that has more memory.

Hardware
When comparing the two computers on this test it is a bit different to the others, for one this computer has a higher Primary Partition Capacity compared to the new one as it has 223GB and the newer one only has 195GB but there is a huge difference in the Drive Write Speed as this one only has a write speed of 40MB/s and the new model has a write speed or 288MB/s

The write speed of a hard drive can be improved by replacing the harddrive to a newer one with more space.

P7, Unit 2

Test	Method	Expected outcome	Actual outcome	Action required
Software applications open and work as intended	I will download a program like Microsoft Word and test its features to test if it works as intended.	I will expect the program to open and work correctly.	I opened the program without issue and all out its features worked correctly.	---
Default folder settings are correct	I will make a new text file in a folder and check that it opens and can be viewed properly without any difficulties.	The file i have created will open properly and will allow me to edit it.	The text file opened and allowed me to edit and save it.	---
Desktop shortcuts go to the right place	I will make a new folder in my documents folder and create a shortcut to the desktop and open it too see if it opens properly.	A shortcut to that folder will appear on the desktop and I will open to the correct folder.	A shortcut appeared on my desktop and it opened in the right place.	---
The correct device drivers are installed	To check this i will open the device manager in the control panel and check if the correct drivers are installed.	The device manager should show all of my device drivers for all my software and hardware.	The device manger shown all of my drivers and shown that all were correct and installed.	---
The correct paper sizes are set for printing	I will open my Device and Printers page in the control panel and open the printer settings by selecting it and going to its properties.	The printer settings will open and I will be able to change them to the correct settings.	The printer settings opened and I was able to customize the settings of my printer to what I need.	---
Menu options work as intended	I will open the menu and check that everything is working properly.	The menu will open and everything works correctly.	The menu opened and i was able to use without issue.	---
The correct date and time settings	I will open the date and time settings at the bottom right of the page and select the GMT time settings.	The time zone will change to GMT which is the correct time.	The time changed to the correct time zone.	---

P8, Unit 2

Witness statement
Learner name
Qualification		BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title		Unit 2.2 computer systems.
Assignment
Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
Using the computer system provided, carry out the following routine maintenance: •       Create a file structure under user as follows A folder labelled with your name and within this folder create 3 folders labelled Home, Work and Study •       Configure the operating system to perform the following: •       back-up procedures •       automatic scheduling and deletion of unwanted data •       archiving •       defragmentation •       deleting temporary files •       Cleaning keyboard, mouse, display screen of the computer provided •       replacing consumables printer paper in the printer provided ·         replacing the damaged mouse
Assessment and grading criteria
Task 4. Undertake routine maintenance tasks on a standalone computer system. P8
How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria, including how and where the activity took place
Paul configured the operating system to configure the back-up procedure and the configured the automatics scheduling and deletion of unwanted data. He has also successfully archived files by opening the file properties. Paul then used a defragmentation program and used disk clean-up to delete all the temporary files. He cleaned the  keyboard, mouse, and monitor then replaced the damaged mouse and printer paper.
Witness name	Ross Gormley		Job role	Witness
Witness signature	RGormley		Date	5/6/2014
Assessor name
Assessor signature			Date

Task 1, P1, Unit 2