| Many laptop computers, also called netbooks are | | | | to use processor intensive programs, and no DVD |
| extremely popular today due to their extreme | | | | player? |
| portability without loss of significant power. They are | | | | 2. Make sure your screen is at least 9 inches or more |
| designed to be used primarily by on the go people | | | | so you can properly view the full webpage. Many of |
| who are constantly traveling, such as journalists, | | | | the very small computers with screens under 9 |
| reporters, traveling business people, and many other | | | | inches are not very practical or usable for the most |
| professions. Most of them are roughly 10 inches | | | | part. |
| wide, such as that of a hardback book. Typically they | | | | 3. Replace your standard three cell battery with a six |
| have a display measuring 7 to 10 inches diagonally | | | | cell. This will give you much more running time, and it |
| and about 1 to 2 GB RAM and processors with 512 | | | | is well worth the upgrade price. |
| MB or higher. | | | | 4. Visit a local computer store to physically inspect all |
| The difference between mini laptop computers and | | | | the various options you are considering. One big |
| regular notebooks are that they typically have better | | | | hangup for many would be many laptop users is the |
| battery life since they contain energy-saving | | | | reduced keyboard size. They simply aren't big enough |
| processors. While there are many considerations | | | | for people with larger hands or beefier finger pads, |
| when shopping for a mini laptop, here are some of | | | | and retyping mistakes is very annoying after a while. |
| the more important ones: | | | | Another thing to keep in mind is that you probably |
| | | | shouldn't be loading bulky applications that take up a |
| 1. We advise carefully considering what your uses for | | | | lot of storage or processor power, such as Adobe |
| the laptop will be and whether or not a full-featured | | | | applications like Photoshop. You may even consider |
| laptop would suit your needs better. Many shoppers | | | | using an online office suites such as Google apps |
| simply want a mini laptop because they are in style | | | | rather than loading Windows office. In the years |
| and very popular, but this is the last reason to make | | | | ahead this will be commonplace as the online |
| a several hundred dollar purchase. Can you do with a | | | | productivity applications are progressing at an ever |
| less powerful processor, smaller screen, and inability | | | | increasing speed and obviously require no storage. |