Three things you need to consider in buying a laptop

Having a laptop for a businessman is like a compass for mountain climber. It’s very essential for a business to organize your files and have a systematic record system. And who else could better do that than personal computer or a laptop. But what are the things you need to consider in buying a laptop? Well, it depends on how you will use it today and in the future. You need to accurately assess yourself with your current needs and your need in the future. When I was still a student a laptop wasn’t really necessary for me but when I started trekking the corporate jungle and sidelining some nifty businesses the need for it arose. Okay here are some easy to ponder important aspect of today’s laptop.

Portability

Do you always travel? Does your business contact comes from almost everywhere that bringing the machine is an absolute necessity? Then an ultra-portable laptop would be comfortable for you. It has a typical screen size of either 12.1 inches or 13.3 inches and weigh 3 pounds or less. Examples of it are the new Macbook Air, Dell XPS 1330, HP 2510p and the Lenovo ThinkPad X series. You might as well consider semi-portable if you occasionally travel but will prefer leaving it plugged on your desk. It has a 15.4-inch size which almost every manufacturer has its own model/unit. If you want it as a desktop replacement or gaming notebook then portability is not an option since these laptops comes in heavy and massive. Although it’s practical but it’s also expensive equivalent to 4 decent desktop computers. They are the Ferraris of laptop/notebook which has a size of 17” or in some unit 19”-20”. Famous gaming notebooks are Alienware Area-51 m-9750, Gateway’s P-171XL FX and the HP HDX and Dell’s XPS 1730.

Screen Size

Screen size is very important specification since it goes to the very core of the machine. The larger it is, the massive your laptop will be and the higher system requirement it needs. But then again it will depend on the purpose of your laptop. Today most laptop has an aspect ratio of 16:10 like a movie screen or the widescreen ratio. It is better for watching movies since it has a wider display and much easier to navigate. The other screen size which has a standard ratio of 4:3 like a square is hard to find since most manufacturer prefer widescreen, which I prefer also.

Connectivity

According to Josh Norem of Digital Trend, “Wireless Internet technology has been advancing over the years and is currently on the cusp of the next major revision, dubbed 80211.N. This will succeed the current standard, 80211.G, and promises major improvements in both range and speed. We reviewed an N router awhile back and its performance simply blew us away compared to wireless G. Just as we would tell someone who is in the market for a wireless router to go with a Draft-N router, we’ll tell you to look for a notebook that supports the new N standard. Once it’s fully implemented, it will likely be the standard for quite some time. The only caveats are that it requires an N router, and it only improves performance across a network. In other words, your download speeds won’t improve using N, but file transfer speeds across a network will be much faster.” Well right now I am using the 80211.G and I find it as good as a cable connection but if you’re still in the lookout then I think the upgrade will work far better but you might pay an extra penny for it.

Lastly, laptop’s cost is directly proportional to its specification and will depend on the manufacturer’s reputation while tech support and warranty will vary from vendor to vendor. So if you already figure out what you want in a laptop then decide where you want to purchase it. You might try checking those deals offered by chitika on the far-left side of this site. Or join some online forums they will be the more glad to answer your question.