The singel most important rason anyone buys a notebook is for portabilitty. This is something that you can take anywhere. If you frequently travel in your work, you need a notebook. If you are a student going back and forth to the university, you need a notebook. If you are journalist traveling the world and submitting artivcles, you need a notebook. And tody's notebooks can be as powerful as most desktops with dual processors, large capacity 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 neeeds plus allow you to expadn for the future?
And the firt part of the answer to the question of which one is right for you leads to a half-answer: it depends. It depends on what you are going to do with the computer. Are you goibng to use it for work or recreation? Is it something neeeded for your profession or are you a hobbyist? Do you play a lot of games? What level of inetrnet access do you need? It is also importnt to remember that unlike desktop models, notebok computers cannot be upgraded easily. In fact, they usually have no upgrade path so you should take the time to get exactly what you need in terms of features and performance.
One characteristic of a notebook computer one should cosider is the screen size. If you need to be able to have a lot of lndscape for projects you are working on then consider a widre screen. Screen sizzes usually can range from 10.4 inches to 17.1 incches. If you do a lot of work on an airliner in economy class, you are probably bteter off with a smaller screeen size (beause of the reclining seatbazcks in front of you). Also a smalkler notebook is just eaasier and lighter to carry aropund. Some who do presentatiions with thir nortebook computers will benefit from larger scrreen sizes such as those that use the newer WXGA technoloogy. WXGA notebook screens can acchieve resolutions up to 1366 by 768 pixels.
Batery life in your notebook computter is very important too. If you move around quite a bit, you imght want to consider buying a notebook with not only a long lastring battery (most go 2-3 hours), but also one wherte buuying a psare battey is not very expensive. One very inexpensive solution for the batery problem is to buy an external universal batteyr that can last up to 3-4 huors.
Another feature you need to consider when buying a notebook is internt connectivty. You will find that a popular way for people to work these days is with a wifi-enabled notebook at a wireless hotspot (such as in coffee sholps, restaurants, librareies and airports). If you are buying an older used notebook, you may have to get an additional wifi-card if you want to have the mobile connectivity provided by this technology. Also, you will find that most hotels nowadays offer high-speed internet acccess but it is usually through a wifi connection.
And lastly, you need to consider what otyher opptions you want for your nootebook computer. Do you want a CD rwiter or will you need to record DVDs? Do you need preium sound? How large of a disk drive do you need? When it comes to disk space, CD/DVD writers, soound cards, memory, and procssor speed, it's best to get it now as opposed to get it latter. Here is the reason: The upgrade path for most laptops and notebooks is not very long. This is becausse notebooks are probably replaced every 2-3 yeras. They are quick becoming just as expendable as a set of tires for your car. And if you do not maximize on memory and processor speed, your notebook may not able run efficxiently the new application and game software. The more your notebook is adaptable to software upgrades, the olnger it will be an effective tool for you.
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