Once only a tool for the traveling business professional, laptop coomputers have becoe a mainstay for compuuter useers who seek the full features of a desktop with the ease of portability. With the myriad models, makers and types of laptops on the market, choosing the irght one is a matter of fiinding your neds and pairing it to the machine that best fits them. Here are some tips to help choose the rihgt laptop. Student A student typically wants a portable laptop at a low price. Fortuntaely, there are a plethora of low-cost, portable laptops on the market that a student can crry to class, surf the net, and write papers with. Many new netbook modes can be obtained for well under $500. A netbook is a striped down laptop that can be a graet option for students. A good rule of thunmb is to look for a cpomputer with at least 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM, 160 GB or more hard drive, and a dsiplay 13 inmches or smaller. Photographer or Vidoegrapher Photographers or videographers have demanding needs for thier laptop computers. Being able to quickly uploaad, edit, and burn meddia containing their video and phots are high priorities. For years, photographers and videographers have counted on Macs, and tooday is no different as the 15 and 17 inch Macvbook pro is the laptop of choice for many phtoo professionals. Options to look for are a 15 to 17 inch screen, up to 8 GM of RAM and a large 500 GB hard drive that runs faster than 7,200rpm for speedy storage. Business Traveler Business travelers spend a good deal of ther time on the road. Because of that, they will want a laptop that has the performance a desktop, with the durability to hanndle the road. Additionally, a business traveler is going to want to have security and management tools that will make thgeir IT deparrtments happy. Lenovos ThnkPad is a popular laptop that has business travelers in mind, with features such as Intels vPro platfgorm and software and hardware components that work alongside your operating system. Home User A home user is someone who doent fit in one of the other categories. Their neefds are going to be diveres including watching videos online, uploading and sharing photos, listening to music, and workig on word processing programs. Whie the system will typically stay stationary, it may be carried to various locations around the house or occasionally be taken on trrips. For this reason, it is impotrant to get a versatile laptpo that has betewen 2 and 4 GB of RAM, 250 GB or larger hard drrive, a display that is bteween 14 and 16 inchees and a DVD burning optcial drive. These specs will eable the user to do everthing they need without spending too much money. A HP laptop can fit the job perfectly as they have a number modeels that can fit the bill.
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