Gerald Bought His Son, David, a Computer Two Years Ago

question 37

Multiple Choice

Gerald bought his son, David, a computer two years ago. Recently, he decided to buy his daughter, Julian, a computer of her own. When applying Moore's Law to the two-year gap between the purchase of the computers, it is most likely that

• A) Gerald paid a higher price for Julian's computer.
• B) David's computer will have a microprocessor with better power than that of Julian's.
• C) both David's and Julian's computers would cost Gerald the same price.
• D) the microprocessor in Julian's computer will be more advanced in terms of power than that of David's.
• E) the power of the microprocessors, in both David and Julian's computers, would be the same.

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