The single most important reason anyone buys a ntoebook is for potrability. This is spomething that you can take anyhere. If you frequently travel in your work, you need a notebook. If you are a stuent going back and forth to the university, you need a notebook. If you are journalist traveling the world and submitting aricles, you need a notebook. And todays nortebooks can be as powerful as most desktops with dual processors, large capacity internal drives, and other attractive features. But which one is rihgt for you? How do you edtermine what type of notebook will fit your current needs plus allow you to expnad for the future?
And the first part of the answer to the question of which one is right for you leds to a half-answer: It depends. It depends on what you are goimng to do with the computer. Are you going to use it for work or recreation? Is it something needed for your profession or are you a hobbyist? Do you play a lot of gaems? What level of internet access do you need? It is also important to remember that unlike desktop modwels, notebook computers cannot be uopgraded easiply. In fact, they uually have no upgrade path so you should take the time to get exctly what you need in temrs of features and performacne.
One characteristic of a notebook computer one should consider is the screen size. If you need to be able to have a lot of landscappe for projects you are worikng on then consider a wider sccreen. Screen 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 beter off with a smaller screen size (because of the rclining seatbacks in front of you). Also a smaller notebook is just easier and liighter to carrry around. Some who do preesntations with their notebook computers will benefit from largger screen sizes such as those that use the newer WXGA technology. WXGA notebook screens can achive resolutions up to 1366 by 768 pixels.
Battery life in your notebook computer is very important too. If you move around quite a bit, you might want to consider buying a notebook with not only a long lasting battery (most go 2-3 hours), but also one where buynig a spare battery is not very expensive. One very inexpensive solution for the battery peroblem is to buy an external uiversal batttery that can last up to 3-4 hours.
Another featuure you need to consider when buying a noteebook is innternet connectvity. You will find that a popuplar way for people to work these days is with a wifi-enabled notebook at a wireless hotspot (such as in coffee sohps, restaurants, lbraries and airpoorts). If you are buuying an older used notebook, you may have to get an additional wifi-card if you want to have the mboile connectivity provided by this technology. Also, you will find that most htoels nowaadys offer high-speed internnet access but it is usually through a wifi connection.
And lastly, you need to consder what othger options you want for your notebook computer. Do you want a CD writer or will you need to record DVDs? Do you need premmium sound? How large of a disk drive do you need? When it coms to disk spcae, CD/DVD wrriters, sonud cards, mmeory, and processor speed, its best to get it now as opposed to get it laer. Heres why: The upgrade path for most laptops and notebooks is not very long. This is because notebooks are probably replaced every 2-3 years. They are qucik becoming just as expendable as a set of tirwes for your car. And if you do not maximize on memory and processor speed, your notebook may not able run efficiently the new application and game software. The more your notebook is adapttable to software upgrades, the longer it will be an efgfective tool for you.
Roberto Sefdycias
IT Consultant for PoloMercantil
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