Sunday, August 8, 2010

How to buy a laptop - the characteristics you look for buying a laptop

Look to buy a new notebook? New to computers and do not know what features search? No problem, I will explain this in a non-techie to understand simple language, so they are lost or confused. Hopefully by the end of this short article you have an idea on the laptop, the new features look at when buying one. So here are some basic things that should be considered:

1.Central Processor Unit (CPU): refers to how fast, how to manage your laptop.You should ask yourself is how it GHZ? What are you going to use a PC? For games? Then you need an Intel Core 2 Duo. If it was for school or simply surf the web then Intel Celeron or AMD Athlon be in order.

2.Memory Cards: These will determine the speed and the number of programs open on your laptop and run at a specific time. In these days of laptops usually come with at least 2 GB of memory and that should be sufficient to run Windows Vista and Windows 7, and some basic Programs. But if you plan on multi-tasking or gaming then get more memory the better.

3.Hard Drive: For the second type of work you are want to use your laptop. 80GB or 100GB should be more than enough for the average user. But if you're a heavy file download user type you should have bought a laptop that, at least to avoid BestBuy would buy another 400GB portable hard drive 3 months after yourLaptops>.

4.Operating system (OS): This refers to the basic software running on your laptop. The common OS is Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (the latest version of Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X (Apple Computer OS) and open-source operating system like Linux. In these operating systems, Windows PCs and most portable computers in use worldwide. Windows XP is the most popular of all the operating system, although I heard something very positive about the new Windows 7, but it is too early to commentit.

5.Wireless NIC, the laptop should be the day that have a wireless N technology, the card is a wireless standard. If not, then you should at least that the wireless card that supports 802.11 a / g / b wireless technology.

6.Disk Drives: Most laptops now drive comes with a ± RW / CD-RW DVD. The unit basically you can do your CD or DVD with music or video files on your computer. How do you know if the laptop to getReally? Right on the front of the drive say it should be similar to DVD ± RW / CD-RW. If you are creating a CD then a regular DVD just to play portable CD and DVD on your computer. You should be careful, but if you buy laptop, laptop mini-9 "or 10", you will not get a hard drive in it. You have to pay extra to have an external drive for these mini laptops. If you want to enjoy the quality of Blu-ray, then you shouldConsider a laptop with Blu-ray, but will cost much more than a laptop with DVD ± RW / CD-RW.

7.Card Reader: If you make a lot of photos or record a lot of video on mobile phone, digital camera or a card, you need a laptop with a reader, you can insert the memory card and transfer images to your videos computer. If your laptop, you do not like a card reader on it, thereWorry, you can always buy a dedicated portable USB card reader for about $ 40-50 or much cheaper online.

8.Webcam: new notebook usually has a built-in webcam for Internet chat and Web conferencing. If you do not plan all these activities need not worry about this function.

9.Color: Last but not least, have. Some laptop manufacturers to start now, make the color laptops on the market to meet the needs but if you would really buy a real fashionlaptop or elegant, you should look at the laptops, because they have a whole range of Dell products and the choice of colors and patterns to choose for you. You can not go wrong with them.

There are some other features, but the above are the basic functions that should be safe to buy any laptop that you intend. If you follow these guidelines in this article, you should have a good idea about the type of laptops who want to buy. I hope that thisThe article was helpful for you and good luck for a good deal when buying a new laptop.

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