| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Primary Use Cases | Mapping to Role | Intel/Apple Processor Requirement | AMD Processor Requirement | RAM Requirement | Storage Requirement | Display Requirement | Graphics Card Requirement | OS Requirement | |||||||
2 | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | Minimum | Recommended | ||
3 | Tablet Replacement - Email/Browsing | Administrative | Intel Atom | Intel Atom | - | - | 2 GB | 4 GB | 32 GB Flash | 128 GB Flash | 720P HD Display | 720P HD Display | - | - | Chromebook | Windows Home |
4 | Writing E-mails, Documentation, Basic Browsing, Basic Administrative tasks | Administrative | Celeron Series - Pentium Series | i3 Series | AMD A Series - Athelon Series | Ryzen 3 Series | 4 GB | 8 GB | 500 GB HDD | 256 GB SSD | 720P HD Display | 1080P Display | Integrated | Integrated | Windows Home | Windows Home |
5 | Writing E-mails, Documentation, Basic Browsing, Media Consumption (Streaming Videos, Online Meetings/Conferences) | General Purpose/Fellow/Intern | i3 Series | i5 Series | Ryzen 3 Series | Ryzen 5 Series | 4 GB | 8 GB | 500 GB HDD | 1 TB HDD/512 GB SSD | 720P HD Display | 1080P Display | Integrated | Integrated | Windows Home | Windows Home |
6 | Writing E-mails, Documentation, Basic Browsing, Media Consumption (Streaming Videos, Online Meetings/Conferences, Presentations), Light Multitasking (5-6 Tabs), MS Office Applications, Longer Battery | General Purpose/Fellow/Intern | i3 Series | i5 Series | Ryzen 3 Series | Ryzen 5 Series | 8 GB | 16 GB | 256 GB SSD | 512 GB SSD | 1080P HD Display | 1080P IPS Display | Integrated | Integrated | Windows Home | Windows Home |
7 | Writing E-mails, Documentation, Basic Browsing, Media Consumption (Streaming Videos, Online Meetings/Conferences, Presentations), Light Multitasking (10+ Tabs), MS Office Applications, Coding Applications Basic, SaaS Analytics Tools, Basic Data Processing and Analytics task (Tableau Cloud, Qlik etc.) | General Purpose/Fellow/Intern Developers | i5 Series/ M1 | i5 Series / M1 | Ryzen 5 Series | Ryzen 5 Series | 8 GB | 16 GB | 1 TB HDD/ 256 GB SSD | 512 GB SSD | 1080P HD Display | 1080P IPS Display | Integrated | Integrated | Ubuntu/Linux | Windows Home / Mac |
8 | Writing E-mails, Documentation, Basic Browsing, Media Consumption (Streaming Videos, Online Meetings/Conferences), Light Multitasking (15+ Tabs), MS Office Applications, Coding Applications Intensive, Medium to Light Heavy Programming, Analytics, Data Processing (R, Python, SAS, SPSS) | General Purpose/Fellow/Intern CXO/Founder Level Operations/Consultants/Data Analyts/Business Analysts Back-end Developers/Full-Stack Developers | i5 Series/ M2 | i7 Series/ M2 | Ryzen 5 Series | Ryzen 7 Series | 8 GB | 16 GB | 256 GB SSD | 512 GB / 1 TB SSD | 1080P HD Display | 1080P IPS Display | Integrated | 4 GB Video Memory (RTX 3050, 1650 etc.) / M1 | Ubuntu/Linux | Windows Home/ MacOS |
9 | All of the above and also Content Creators - Designers, Rendering (Blender, Maya etc.), Adobe Suite Applications, Heavy Applications (ML/AI models) | ML/AI Developers Designers/Front-End Developers/Back-end Developers | i7 Series/ M1 Pro | i9 Series/ M1 Pro | Ryzen 7 series | Ryzen 9 Series | 16 GB | 32/64 GB | 512 GB SSD | 1 TB SSD | 1080P IPS Display | 1080P IPS Display | 4 GB Video Memory (RTX 3050, 1650 etc.) | 6 GB - 8 GB or higher video memory | Windows Pro/ Ubuntu | MacOS |