| Students are known to ask a lot from there laptops | | | | Perhaps the hardest of all will be to find all these |
| running many different programs at once from office | | | | features for a good price as the last thing you want |
| applications, music and videos, internet, instant chat | | | | to do is spend a fortune on a new laptop that is |
| as well as the occasional game, meaning that they will | | | | extremely likely to be dropped or have a drink spilt |
| need a laptop that can handle all of this at the same | | | | on it. The sheer number of laptops that have had |
| time without going sluggish. | | | | beer spilt on them by students still amazes me. Keep |
| While it will not matter how fast a processor you | | | | in mind that a laptop that has had a drink spilt on the |
| get, it is vital that you get a dual core processor | | | | keyboard is a write off as the damage is too severe |
| instead of a single core, enabling you to run many | | | | to make it worth while repairing and most warranties |
| programs at the same time without hurting your | | | | do not cover it. So if you are not sure you will take |
| laptops performance. Similarly, make sure you have | | | | good care of your laptop you might want to check |
| at least 2GBs of memory especially if you like having | | | | out a second hand one. |
| many programs running at the same time. If you do | | | | A lot of students are buying the cheaper little |
| want to play the occasional computer game then | | | | netbooks to save a few pounds only to find they |
| look for a laptop with a dedicated graphics card and | | | | are way too small to use for extended periods of |
| avoid all integrated graphics like the plague otherwise | | | | time and lack the functionality of normal sized laptops. |
| you will struggle to play any games on your laptop. | | | | If you look into the functions of the netbooks you |
| As most students love their music, it would be a | | | | will quickly find that it is far better value for money |
| good idea to keep an eye out for the powerfulness | | | | to just buy a full sized laptop. Perhaps the only good |
| and quality of the speakers. A good indication of | | | | thing about netbooks is that they are good for |
| laptop speaker quality is if the laptop has an inbuilt | | | | taking notes on in lectures as they are super |
| sub woofer. The alternative is to buy some additional | | | | portable. Just make sure the tiny keyboard is usable |
| speakers to use with your laptop. | | | | if you have normal or large sized fingers. |