Sunday 11 September 2011

A Brief Look at Selecting a Laptop

By Joseph Robertson


Deciding which laptop to chose can be tough. Searching among the best laptops for college involves analyzing 1 or 2 factors. In this article I'll simply suggest 4 different classes to consider.

The Desktop Laptop - This category will enclose your larger laptops - 17-18" diameter.

- Most powerful laptops
- Most flexible apropos software capacity
- Compact compared against a desktop

The Standard Laptop - This category is where a standard laptop will be seen - 15-16" diameter screen.

- Here's where the most competitive prices are usually found - depending on build quality
- Good power, but keeping mobility
- Capable of running most programs.

The Ultralight Laptop - This category is for the super thin and light laptops in the 13-14" diameter size.

- A bit more costly than the Standard Laptops
- Thanks to the nature of ultra thin laptops, these have a tendency to be of significantly top quality.
- Able to run lots of programs - minus more intense production type programs due to less performance.

The Netbook - These are still laptops, but are quite small and transportable. 8-11" Size.

- Netbooks are Cheap and awfully transportable. They can be had for 1/4 the price of the standard laptop.
- Able to do standard activities such as web surfing, email and word processing.
- Sadly their build quality is kind of cheap - though solid netbooks can be discovered.
- Not in a position to run many programs - the performance of netbooks is actually a bit less than a laptop (therefore the lower price).

These are the basic classes that you will find laptops organized into. Each class has a selection of quality factors and performance that can be found. Price does not always mean the laptop is good, it can be an indicator. The general idea of 'you get what you pay for ' is pretty correct when it comes to laptops.




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