| Ah yes, I want a laptop but I am not going to spend | | | | use your laptop for. Now lets go out shopping and |
| a couple of thousand dollars for one. Well guess what | | | | compare. You can visit any of the top manufacturers |
| you don't have to. Laptop prices have come down | | | | websites or visit your local store and find their low |
| dramatically over the past year alone and they will | | | | end or intermediate models that may suit your needs. |
| continue to do so as technology advances. But the | | | | The three top components of a computer you want |
| trick here is to find good quality laptops that fit your | | | | to look for is the hard drive size, memory, and |
| needs at the cheapest prices available today. | | | | processor speeds and take notes of each model you |
| I would say that there probably is a store near you | | | | find on each component and model. |
| right now that has cheap laptop computers. In fact, | | | | The hard drive, you can consider this the brain of |
| many stores already have them. The reason being, | | | | your computer, this is where all your files, applications |
| like any other new product, laptops were once | | | | and folders are stored. If you plan on using your |
| considered the cream of the crop in the computer | | | | computer for MP3s and digital pictures your hard |
| world which made them very expensive. However, all | | | | drive should be large since these files are usually very |
| that has changed now. Laptops are a dime a dozen! | | | | large. I personally would look at 80gb as minimum. |
| The hand held digital assistants, Bluetooth cell phones | | | | Next would be the memory, memory can be |
| and tablet pads are the new rage making laptop | | | | considered the thought processes of your computer. |
| computers cheap. | | | | As a minimum I would look at 512mb but if you plan |
| Now, don't get me wrong, this does not mean that | | | | on using your laptop for gaming of course this should |
| they are cheaply made. Thanks to the wonders of | | | | be much larger, in the area of 1 to 2gb. Now memory |
| the technological cycle, laptop computers are | | | | is used whenever a program or application is running. |
| decreasing in price as their capabilities rise. Of course, | | | | So the more memory you have the faster your |
| there are the latest and greatest monsters out there | | | | computer can process the program. |
| that are made for gaming or high powered | | | | And finally your processor, now your processor is |
| multimedia applications and these babies still cost a | | | | just that it processes all the inner workings of how |
| pretty penny. | | | | each program runs. The faster the processor is, the |
| But for the average user, you can find cheap laptop | | | | faster the program instructions are processed. Again |
| computers that provide all the power you need and | | | | if your looking for a laptop for gaming uses you want |
| then some. Every major manufacturer out there, like | | | | your processor with high speeds 2ghz or more. For |
| Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway, and IBM have their lower | | | | other uses you can go less. |
| end and intermediate models that come with more | | | | Other parts of the computer to also consider are the |
| than enough speed and usability. | | | | ports involved that can connect your computer to |
| Now here is the key to finding the right cheap | | | | your digital camera or your mp3 player for example. |
| computer laptop for you, and that is to figure out | | | | You also want to check that your laptop has wireless |
| exactly what you need it for. | | | | and broadband connectivity. Many cheap computer |
| Are you going to use it mainly for surfing the web or | | | | laptops today already come with this but you want |
| word processing? Do you need it to work from | | | | to make sure or you will have to pay additional, for |
| home or mainly to save your MP3s and digital | | | | example, a wireless card to install in your laptop to |
| pictures? | | | | have this capability. |
| Ok, so now you have an idea of what you want to | | | | |