| When looking to buy laptops there a lot of factors | | | | you're going to buy to have? Are you happy with |
| to consider, ranging from weight, looks, battery time, | | | | the touch pad or do you want to get an external |
| RAM, size, hard drive, and a lot more. And it's easy | | | | mouse as well for your laptop? Just go through and |
| to feel confused and overwhelmed. But let's just | | | | answer these questions one by one. Then bring your |
| take it one step at a time. | | | | answers with you to the store, and you will have |
| 1) Decide what you want and need. What kind of | | | | just cut the your shopping takes with about 90%. |
| computer do you really want? And I think the | | | | 3) Pay special attention to these three items: Battery |
| biggest question of all: What will you primarily be | | | | time, RAM, and CPU. For obvious reasons you want a |
| using the laptop for? This helps greatly in deciding | | | | battery time of at least a couple of hours. |
| which model, size, speed and so on that will suit you | | | | Otherwise, what's the point of having a laptop? I |
| best. | | | | recommend you spend a little extra to get as long |
| If your biggest interest is taking pictures, sharing | | | | battery time as possible. |
| videos and doing graphic design then a MacBook of | | | | RAM (random access memory) is also a big one to |
| some sort is the obvious choice for you. On the | | | | be concerned about.To simplify things, we can call |
| other hand, if your basically just looking for decent | | | | this the "short term memory" of the computer. And |
| laptop notebooks that give you the ability to surf the | | | | if you know that you like to use several programs at |
| web, write in Microsoft Word and Facebook with | | | | once and often multitask, jumping from one |
| friends, then pretty much anyone will do. The more | | | | application to another, then RAM is your best friend |
| you have specific niche hobbies such as design, music | | | | and you should get a lot of it. |
| and gaming, the more you research you need to do. | | | | Lastly, the CPU or central processing unit is also |
| 2) Make a features list. Sort of like when your setting | | | | worthy of special attention. This is the "brain" of |
| up a dating profile online, you need to be clear on | | | | laptop. The CPU coordinates everything that gets |
| what kind of features you're looking for in a future | | | | your programs, movies, images and games to run |
| "mate". What color of laptop notebooks are you | | | | smoothly. |
| interested in? How big should the screen display be | | | | So the faster CPU you can get - the better. Here |
| (12, 13, 15 inches or more?) | | | | you vote with your wallet. Keep within the budget |
| How much battery time do you want the laptop | | | | that you can afford and enjoy. |