How to choose a laptop

You need to evaluate your actual needs before you buy a laptop. Most of us really don’t need high end models but still want to buy high performing expensive models. The problem is that whenever you go to a store the dealer will market the amazing features of his most costly models. People tend to get influenced by that and don’t realise the marketing stunt. Before buying any laptop, make sure what exactly you want and select your model first by browsing over the net. Never go to a store and then make a choice. Chances are that you would get something that you never needed.

So what are the factors that you need to consider before buying your laptop? First and foremost is the processor and its configuration. Don’t go for Mac just because someone said it has some classy features. Answer a basic question first. Do you know how to operate Mac? Are you really comfortable on Mac operating system? If yes then think about it. If not, then go with Intel Pentium or other processors that you are comfortable with. Which processor configuration suits you? Are you going to do high end processing and transactions? If not then choose something that suits your needs better. If Pentium 4 has everything that you need then there is no need to go for Pentium 6 just because someone said that you always need to have the latest laptop configuration. That’s all crap.

What are your memory requirements? Are you going to develop something on your laptop or its going to be used as a personal laptop for surfing and documentation? If you are going to do the later then probably something like 2 GB RAM should be sufficient for you. I have 1 GB RAM and even that works well. Most of the times, we don’t use features like Bluetooth in a laptop. If a laptop has everything except Bluetooth then you must still consider it.

Do you really need a camera in the laptop? Not unless you are going to do video chatting. Even if you do, make your choice reasonable. You really don’t need high end cameras in laptop. You might need them in your digicam. Understand that a laptop is not a digicam.

How much hard disk size do you need? If you are going to store a lot of movies or other heavy software then you would need 80 or 160 GB hard disk. Make sure your hard disk goes seamlessly with your RAM and processor configuration.

Just don’t buy a laptop because someone said you need to have all these features. First check if you really need them and then make a choice.




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