Most buyers would look at the CPU and see options of 2.6GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.2GHz or 2.0GHz and would almost automatically choose the one with 2.6GHz
Other buyers would look at the price and like the example above, would choose the most expensive laptop as the more powerful laptop.
Right? Wrong. Unlike a Desktop Computer
I consider 3 major things in choosing/recommending/buying a laptop, and in no particular order they are the DEDICATED GRAPHICS CHIP, the CHASSIS, RAM.
THE GRAPHICS CARD
If you were into e-mailing, web surfing, Word and/or Excel
How would you know? Usually, a sticker for a dedicated GPU is advertised on the laptop itself. I also prefer either nVidia or ATI for graphics. If you really want to make sure it is dedicated, right-click on any empty space on desktop and click "Screen Resolution." click on "Advanced Settings." If "Dedicated Video Memory" shows 32 - 512MB [Some laptops now have 1Gb of Video Memory] then the laptop has a dedicated GPU, otherwise if you see 0 MB, then the laptop has what is called a Shared GPU, look for another laptop.
THE CHASSIS
Who wants to lug around an ugly-looking laptop? Would you be proud to sit in public, say Starbucks, with an ugly-looking laptop? Again, once you buy it, you're gonna be stuck with it. Point made. ^^,
When considering the chassi of a laptop, Apple, HP, and Lenovo, comes to mind. Apple
THE MEMORY or RAM
Memory or RAM should at least be 2Gb in size. Applications and games have become more and more memory hungry, so the more you have, the better.
Other stuff to consider:
THE HARD DRIVE
Don't go below 250Gb
THE BATTERY
More battery cells mean more time to use your laptop.
THE OPERATING SYSTEM
You could go budget, and install your own preferences of Operating Systems
THE BUDGET
Choose wisely. Buying a laptop
1 comments:
September 1, 2010 at 8:18 PM
6 out of 7,,, i would go for that netbook hp mini 110. i've read some reviews and it turned out from the experts 7 out of 10... i would have settled for 8 or 9 but considering the budget and time of need i guess i have to settle for this.
2 thumbs up!
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