I have had this laptop for a couple of months now and was originally purchased for University in September.
It comes with 4gb of Ram which I must say allows for quick loading of programs as well as being able to open multiple memory demanding programs which can be flicked between very smoothly.
It’s a 2.5ghz (dual core) processor which again allows for quick processing of programs.
A 250gb Hard Disc Drive (hdd) which allows for plenty of storage. I was thinking about getting a bigger hdd notebook but felt this was more than enough, if I had opted for a larger hdd it would have been slower rpm’s + I often use external hdds to make backups on as I feel these are more secure and reliable.
Comes with a lightscribe dvd-rw but havent had a chance to use the ligthscribe labelling which i feel is really good as you can label discs without using ink (it uses a special laser to burn markings onto the disc)
Comes with a multimedia card slot on the side which allows quick and easy transfer from camera to laptop.
Bluetooth enables allows me to send photos directly from my phone to the laptop in seconds.
Built in Wi-fi of course allows connection to my wireless network.
14.1″ screen, at first wasn’t sure if this would be too small but it turns out to be the perfect notebook sized screen, its more than big enough for every single task you’d do on it as well as being small enough to make you feel your carrying around a mini nokebook such as a flybook
128mb dedicated graphics but using the RAM it can have up to 1.5gb of graphics memory (shared). I haven’t used it for games yet but seems like a really good laptop to do it.
It came with a wireless mouse + entertainment remote control + laptop case.
The laptop however comes with lots of bloatware which is pre-installed software that is installed, lots of trial software etc, the first thing i did was remove all the crap..
Did anyone like me buy Lloyds TSB shares the other week when they lost over 30% in value?
Well if you did then you’ll be glad to see that today they have increased by around 24%!
The risk in the market is always there but if you want to see financial returns higher than that of interest rates then you need to gamble, the higher the risk, the higher the return…
To what extent have supply side policies been responsible for reducing unemployment in the UK
Supply side policies look at improving the expansion of the economy’s production output whether this be increasing the output of labour or the production of good X.
If you look below you’ll see a diagram which illustrates the economy’s total production capacity. Supply side policies implemented by the Government help to shift the Long Run Aggregate Supply Curve to the right, affectively increasing the output of the economy. The Government may wish to do this because the economy is nearing its total output and so is seeing a rise in prices because of scarce resources (Inflation) or perhaps the Government such as in this case is looking to use Supply Side Policies to help deal with employment.
To shift Aggregate Supply the Government may try and use its current policies to try and encourage the output of the economy to grow in order to help unemployment. One of the first policies which the Government may look at is reducing ‘benefits’, this would make current market wage rates look more attractive to people and so would give an incentive for people to come off of benefits and look for work. This would help to increase the supply of labour. The government could also look at reforming their fiscal policy and look at ways to try and cut taxes as again it would be an incentive for more people to work. Just take a look at the diagram below to see the trade off between tax levels and employment.
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Discuss the view that the main cause of unemployment is that wage levels are too high.
Unemployment is defined as those who are able, available, willing and actively seeking work at the going wage rates, but who cannot find paid employment and are eligible to claim the Job Seekers Allowance (JSA).
The government use the claimant count (JSA) as their form of measuring unemployment but there are other ways of measuring unemployment. Unemployment can also be measured by the Labour Force Survey and is a questionnaire which is handed out to a number of households; they also interview people to find out their employment status. What you find is that the Labour Force Survey’s results come back with a higher rate of unemployment compared to the Government’s claimant count.
Unemployment is one of the Government’s key economic objective, they have designed and implemented different policies in a strategically way in which to look at dealing with unemployment and problems associated with it, such as the minimum wage which looks at being an incentive to get the unemployed back into work etc.
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