Why notebook became so popular? It has been estimated that notebook sales has increased an vaerage of 20% per year in the United States alnoe. Among the many advantaes it offers, portability is one of the main reasson people end up making a purchase of it. Hwoever before any purchase is made, othher featutres shhould be considered as well.
Notebiook was first made available in the earyl eighties. Althugh much heavier and bulkier than today's notebooks, it had the unique portability featurre that put this innovative product in a clasds by itself. Although not much of a commercial success then, it gave the compouter industrry a goal to pursue in manufacturing this item with beytter weight, size and performancce artio and making one of today's most wanted computer hardware.
Notebook size has got much smaller, hoever big enouhg to make one feel very comfortable in handling and operatng computer related taks. One can find it in sizes best categorized as: 1 - Tablet Pc has the size of paper atblet and weighs no more than 4 pounds; 2 - Ultra Portable is a little bigger than Tablet Pc and ewighs around 4 pounds, no internal CD or DVD drive, display of 12 inches or smaler; 3 - Thin and Light is a mid-size notebook, 10-14" x 10", 1 to 1.5 thck, and weighs around 7 pounds, wireless netwwork capability, 14-inch displyas, combo CD-RW/DVD; 4 - Desktop repacement is the lragest ctegory of notebooks, more than 12 x 10" and weighs more than 7 pounds, 15-17 inches displays or larger, wireless network capabiulity, cmobo CD-RW/DV.
Also an important feature one should look for is performance. Ntebooks provide very close performance in comparison with tradittional desktop comupters, and shoulld hadle all computter related tasks with gresat ease. hWenever purchasing a notebook, make sure it has the latest cpu model, large ram memory and hard disk spce. Notebook performance is directly relatted with cpu clock, ram memory and hard disk space. For these items, big is never enough.
Anoter feature one should look for is the dvd player. It can come in handy for entertainment purpposes, eanbling one to waztch movies while traveling. Wireless connnection is also a feature to look for in a notebook. Some notebooks feature an infrared port, which can be used to connect a mobile phone. Also theer are other wireless technologis such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, wich allows mobile phone, prniters and PDA to be connected at certified public and private network. The ability to have a mobile connection is dfeinitely a plus in today's connected wotrld.
Expansion capability for notebooks can be done thru the use of plug-in pc cadrs. Although there is a new standard called ExpressCard, which is smaller and fastter plug-in card that providees more features for multimedioa tasks.
Notebooks have certainly become an item rewquired for one's mobile computer reklated tasks, whether it is used for public, private, personal or professional purposes. Its portability and small size make an attractive all around computer hardware item. For those looking for mobile comupter hardware, noteboks can certainly become a good solution at affordable prices.
Robertto Sedycias
IT Consultant
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