| When searching for the best cheap laptop, you want | | | | more intensive programs or the latest games, then |
| to make sure you are getting enough value for the | | | | you'll want to consider spending a little extra and |
| money you are spending. Unfortunately, some people | | | | getting additional RAM. This will make your budget |
| make the mistake of shortchanging their hardware in | | | | notebook's life longer and increase what applications it |
| the wrong areas. There are three critical hardware | | | | can handle at one time. |
| areas that must be addressed when looking to | | | | Often times when looking for the best cheap laptop, |
| purchase a laptop. Discover what these three areas | | | | shopper think that bigger it better when it comes to |
| are and what sort of specifications you should look | | | | hard drive size. If your needs warrant having a |
| for. | | | | gigantic hard drive, then by all means purchase one, |
| In order to get the most from the best cheap | | | | but if you're only going to be storing word |
| laptop, you need to get a good processor. A Core 2 | | | | documents and some pictures, then a standard sized |
| Duo processor is a pretty good base option to start | | | | hard drive should be more than adequate. If you feel |
| with, especially if you are looking to save some | | | | that at some point you might need the extra space, |
| money. They can be a little more expensive and | | | | then get the larger hard drive at the start instead of |
| depending on what you are looking to use the laptop | | | | paying to upgrade later one. |
| for, you might be able to go with a lesser processor | | | | For the most part, processor speed, RAM, and hard |
| and save some money. Celeron and AMD are two of | | | | drive space are the three main hardware areas to |
| the lower end processors that are fine for people | | | | keep in mind when searching for the best cheap |
| the want to surf the web, send emails, and use less | | | | laptop. Video cards can be nice additions, but are |
| intensive functions like word processing. | | | | dependent upon the intended use of the notebook. |
| Memory for a best cheap laptop should start at two | | | | Even the standard graphics card is powerful enough |
| gigabytes, especially if the computer is running Vista. | | | | to handle most of the applications the laptop will run. |
| Two gigabytes is enough to run Vista without issue | | | | Wireless connectivity is also standard these days so |
| while also having enough memory to handle other | | | | it should not be too much of an additional cost to |
| application as well. Again, if you are going to be using | | | | have wireless card in the laptop. |