When it comes to electronics, Japan often places high on the list of countries that provide top quality products and computers are no exception
. The Earth Simulator cost a massive $400,000,000 and was officially named with the highly acclaimed 'most expensive computer in the world' title. The budget was provided by the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and is regularly used on international projects. These include studies on climate change, atmospheric research and oceanographic simulation and construction first began in 1997.
BlueGene/L - America
The most expensive machine to be produced on US soil was created by computing maestro's IBM. It works at a fast pace and was built in California in the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It boasts a huge memory (32 terabytes), a high bandwidth and low latency 3D torus as well as having a chip multiprocessor with a total of 4MB L3 cache on chip.
Aspire One Netbook - Japan
The smaller and somewhat less powerful version of a laptop is called a netbook and they are regularly used along with a wide range of web-based applications. The idea behind these netbooks is they are easy to carry and should be attractive to school-age children especially in developing countries.
The Aspire One netbook is the most expensive netbook in the world. It was built by Acer and costs around $3,000 and it boasts artwork created by UFO-Hayashi; a well known Japanese artist. Its specs include a 1GB memory and a 120GB hard drive.
If you are going to invest a lot of money in your computer you will want to look after it. The best way to protect your computer from viruses is to ensure you have the latest antivirus software installed on the system. Expensive computers have lots of capabilities and often run costly software solutions which large corporations rely on.
It is essential if you are relying on a computer to perform integral business functions you use an IT support company to monitor and fix any errors that occur.
Computers can be very expensive. Protect your system from viruses and system errors. Prevention is better than cure.