Friday, October 9, 2009

Purchasing A Good Laptop Computer

By Joseph Goodentor

Price is not the only thing to consider when buying the best laptop computer for your personal needs. Due to advances in technology and cutthroat competition, prices on notebook computers have fallen steeply. An exception to this is Apple, as they're priced at a high premium due to the hotness of the Apple brand name. Apple computers in general are also known for greater stability. One big negative for Apples was that a lot of software was not available on them, but recently a partnership between Intel and Apple has allowed the usage of the Windows OS on Apple systems.

Since money is not the sole thing to consider when purchasing a notebook computer, other things will be also be big factors. You'll want something with power and speed, but that's not hard to find these days - fast notebooks are available at very reasonable prices. What you use your notebook computer for will play a major role in your choice of notebook. All current selections of notebook computers will come with different configurations, sleek looking contours, sport lights, and have very strong chips giving your notebook computer a level of high performance you would except from a desktop super computer.

Current notebook computers are powerful, and in many cases, actually suitable replacements for a desktop computer. For instance, Apple merged their current system with Intel, collaborating to bring to market a fantastic hybrid that has a chipset that works equally powerfully and efficiently in both the Mac and PC modes. Gone are the days where you need to find a third-party piece of software that is slow, buggy and more hassle than it's worth. Apple is truly a computer for all people...if those people can afford to pay the huge premium for the Apple brand name.

Buying a good laptop computer lately has become super easy. Most new notebook computers come with built in Wi-Fi, tons of RAM, and are able to multitask and run high-end software with large hard drives storing video, audio and photo files alike.

Buying the best laptop computer for your needs is largely based on what you will use it for. If you want a general notebook computer that can surf the web, check emails, and word processing you can find them for very low prices. Students will want to surf the web, work on report papers, check emails, so a good notebook computer for this would be one with a large hard drive and decent speeds around 2GHz.

For business use where you'll be using the Microsoft Office Suite, surfing the web and reading email, there are lots of computers that will fit the bill. Again, you'll want to have a good amount of hard drive space, 2GB of RAM memory and a decent speed of 2GHz or more. These computers are surprising inexpensive nowadays.

If you are a person who likes playing games or uses multimedia be prepared to shell out more, because having a good graphics card, lots of RAM, and a large hard drive are vital. Of all the notebook computers out there, an enthusiast computer like this will be the most costly. If you have a desire in buying the best laptop computer for your gaming needs and multimedia, you will want to seek out a fast processor and a high-end GPU (graphics card). High-end notebook GPUs are pretty expensive, and processors approaching speeds of 3GHz quickly ramp up in price as the speed increases.

When it comes to buying the best laptop computer, you need to first figure out what you're going to use it for. This will lead you to what features and extras you'll need. Notebook computers have come a long way from the word processing machines they were only a few years ago.

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