laptop
You want to buy a notebook computer but don’t know where to start? You’re not alone friends.
Buying a new laptop can present many challenges, especially if you’re not familiar with laptops or notebook computers.
Over the last little time, there are so much new laptop technology has hit the market. Especially from hardware side, it keeps changing rapidly and constantly getting better in just a count of months.
The terms like Intel Core Duo, Quad Core Processors, RAMs, SLI, Blu-Ray etc can be totally mind cracking or even sounds like an alien’s language to the average consumers or let’s say consumers that never ever buying a computer before (which is they really need a computer because of their works and stuffs).
For the first time laptop buyer, to begin understanding all of the techno jargons can be downright scary and might killed their perspectives on why we need a laptop to get the things done.
Regardless of all these fancy new improvements, devices and notebook technology, you must remember you’re buying a new laptop for you and you alone.
You must first decide whether all this new stuffs important to you or not, Do you really need all this new notebook technology?
Below are several points you must know before purchasing a new laptop :
01.Count on your budget
First important thing before you decided to buy anything I guess is to counting on your budget. How much money will you spend for this thing?Is this price suitable?. I would suggest to allocate funds around US$500-US$800 to buy a good laptop. Well it doesn’t mean that you can’t purchase a good laptop cheaper than that budget, you might want to consider the 2nd hand options but it might won’t last long as you don’t know the first user.
02.Little research might work alot
After locating your budget, the next thing to do is to research what kind of laptop that suites you and suites the budget too, of course. Many brands are there in the market, it could be confusing though but you can ask directly to the seller about the laptops that suites your budget and requirements. And if possible don’t ask to other stores besides the official store, they might lie to you. Just in a worst case.
03.Portability is the keywords
17 inch laptops? 19 inch laptops? I think you better buy a desktop PC friends. Laptops and notebooks are about portable, they are here to replace those big screens we have on desktop PCs. So what’s the point to have a notebook
that weights more than 2 kilograms?it’s nonsense. 15 inch screen or less can be a good choice for choosing a laptop, easy to carry yet it’s not too heavy.
04.Ergonomically designed laptop can help you to work longer
A comfortable screen, wristpad, keyboard and trackpad are some of the most important things you must to consider when you buying a laptop. These elements are definitely supporting you when you have to work in along for a long time
with your laptop. For example, anti-static wristpad can protect you from a little shock when electricity made a contact with your body (Hell yea it’s electronic). Other than that too little screen size is also not a good thing
to spend your money on it.
05.Features and Specifications are important
US$500 will worth nothing when you didn’t think about the specs and just buying laptop because it looks good and the cosmetics are fancy. List what are the things you need and put them into your requirement.
After that, do a little research about laptop specifications that supports and allows you to do your work with specifications listed without run out of your budget.
06.Warranty is a MUST
Just in case your laptop needs backup, or the plug is strucked by lighting or any other things that might makes your laptop die, warranty is your answer. Some of the manufacturers are provide a full parts warranty for their laptop or notebook
computers. Just considering to take a full warranty when you purchasing your own laptop, it might cost a lot more expensive in the beginning, but as the oldman said, you won’t regret it until things turns bad.
07.Upgradeable sounds good
In a year or two, even less, the demand of storing data in your laptop cold be growing as fast as lighting. So, the need of more storage space is important in order to help you keep your works done. Some manufacturers are capabling their
products with an ability to support upcoming hardware even to replace them. This factor is also easily good for you to consider in buying a laptop.
08.It’s quite a long time investment
Choosing a laptop is like a choosing a partner of your life. It needs your love, needs attention and it needs a maintenance. A good maintan laptop can get you more lifetime use, so it might worth double or even triple than the price itself.
09.Accessories, is that important?
Buying a laptop doesn’t mean you are free from problems and can straight away working tasks with your laptop. However, your little computer needs protection, whether it is when you carry it on, using it or keep it in your desk. Some basic accessories might help you to protect your laptop from getting dents, scratches and etc. Bags, mouse, portable speaker, extra battery and so on are things that you must consider when you travel with your laptop. keeping a spare batteries also really helps you when you need to do a presentation, especially when you can’t find any power outage.
10.Confidence is the last step
After all the research you have done, comparing, allocating budget, listed down your requirements and etc, it’s time to give yourself a fully confident feeling on deciding what laptop or notebook computers you will buy. This last step is important for you to take care about because without any confidence, you will postpone it again and again until finally you are deciding not to buying a laptop because you are not enough confident to buying one.
