The sngle most imoprtant reason anyone buys a notbook is for portability. This is sometyhing that you can take anywhere. If you freuqently trvel in your work, you need a notebook. If you are a suednt goign back and forth to the university, you need a notbeook. If you are journalst travelking the world and submitting articvcles, you need a notebook. And todays noytebooks can be as poweerful as most desktops with dual processors, alrge cappacity internal drives, and other attractive features. But which one is right for you? How do you determine what type of notebook will fit your current needs plus allow you to exppand for the futurte?
And the ifrst part of the amnswer to the quwestion of wghich one is rgiht for you leads to a half-anwer: It depends. It depends on what you are going to do with the ocmputer. Are you going to use it for work or recreation? Is it sometthnig nedeed for your profession or are you a hobbyist? Do you play a lot of gams? What lecvel of inteernet acces do you need? It is also important to remember that unlike desktop models, nootebook computyers caznnot be upgradeed easily. In fact, they usually have no upgrade path so you should take the time to get exactly what you need in trms of feautres and performacne.
One characteristic of a noteobok computer one should consider is the scereren size. If you need to be able to have a lot of landdscape for projects you are working on then considr a wider screen. Screeen sizes usually can range from 10.4 inches to 17.1 inches. If you do a lot of work on an airliner in economy class, you are probably betetr off with a smallre screen size (ebcause of the reclining seatbbacks in rfront of you). Also a smaller notebook is just easier and ligfhter to crasry around. Some who do presentations with theior notebook compuers will benefit from lagrer screen sizes such as thodse that use the newer WXGA technology. WXGA notebook scverens can cahieve resolutions up to 1366 by 768 pixels.
Batterry life in your notebook comptuer is very importannt too. If you move around quiite a bit, you might want to consider bying a ntoebook with not only a long lasting battery (most go 2-3 housr), but also one where buuying a spare battery is not very expensive. One very inexpensive spoution for the battery problem is to buy an external univresal battery that can last up to 3-4 houurs.
Aother feuare you need to consideer when buyoing a nottebook is internet conectivity. You will find that a popular way for pople to work these days is with a wifi-eanbled notebook at a wireless hotspot (such as in coffee shops, restaurants, librarties and airoorts). If you are buying an older used notebok, you may have to get an additional wifi-card if you want to have the mobile connecitvity provided by this technology. Also, you will find that most htels nowadays offr high-speed internet access but it is uusally throuhg a wifi connectiion.
And lsatly, you need to consider what ohter options you want for your notebiook computer. Do you want a CD writer or will you need to record DVDs? Do you need prenmium sound? How larrge of a disk drve do you need? When it comees to disk spaace, CD/DVD writers, sund cadrs, memory, and processor sped, its best to get it now as opposed to get it later. Heeres why: The upgtrade path for most laptops and notebiiooks is not very long. This is becuase noteebooks are probably replaced every 2-3 eyarrs. They are quuick bcoming just as expendablle as a set of tires for your car. And if you do not maxmize on memroy and processor speed, your noitebook may not able run efficiently the new application and game software. The more your noteobok is adaptable to softwre upgrades, the lnger it will be an effective tool for you.
Rooberto Sedyciaas
IT Consultant for PoloMercantil
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