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- Buying Laptops
By Dakota
Caudilla
Don’t be surprised but buying a
laptop can be even harder than buying a desktop computer. In fact,
buying a computer is very straightforward. Laptops, however, are
very personal stuff because it’s something that you will carry
around with you and sometimes act as more than just a computer for
you to work on. They become a companion! That’s why finding and
selecting the right laptop can be very tricky.
Hard core
computer gamers or people who will use their laptops for designing
or video production may need more help than just reading about
buying laptops. For conventional laptop users, here’s something for
you to digest.
The price for laptops varies drastically from
brand to brand. Some laptops can cost $500 while some laptops can
cost you $6,000. Some entry-level (meaning basic laptops) can be
bought for between $600 and $900. If you grab a laptop off eBay or
other rebate or dropshipping websites, you might get a mid-range
laptop for far less than that.
Even for basic laptop users,
the description and specifications for the laptop is very, very
important. If you’re not sure, check around and ask your friends for
advice on how to buy a good laptop for the lowest price possible.
You should be getting a laptop that comes with AT LEAST 512
megabytes of memory. The size of the memory ensures that your laptop
can run multiple programs smoothly. As for hard drive, invest in as
big a hard drive for your laptop as you can afford. Another thing
that you may have to look out before you invest in the laptop is to
find out how many USB ports that the laptop has. Most laptops come
with at least 2 USB ports, the more the better. If you use a camera
or thumb drive (disk key), this is where you insert the cable – the
USB ports. You don’t want to have to remove the USB cable for your
printer and mouse every time you try to save pictures from your
camera to your laptop! Some laptops come with slots for camera
memory cards, for instance, your compact flash cards.
If
you’re keen on getting a Windows based laptop, the security of your
laptop should be at the top of your priority lists. Windows SP2 XP
should be ideal because it comes with antispam, antispyware,
antipopups and antivirus programs. Some laptop retailers may offer
you cheap or free programs that you can install into the laptop as a
second layer protection to your laptop.
Other factors to
take into account when shopping for laptops are the screen size, the
life of the battery, the processor of the laptop, screen and
keyboard, wi-fi networking, size and weight of the laptop.
Dakota Caudilla, journalist, and website
builder Dakota Caudilla lives in
Texas.
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