How to buy a Laptop?. Review on Buying a Laptop / Notebook

Buying a computer these days is not a very big decision. Most of you either do it for yourself of for your wife or for your children. In most of the cases the ideal is the desktop model - a personal computer.

Buying a Laptop: Who should buy?

• business people

  
  




• frequent travellers

  
  




• working people who do not have fixed office / working schedule

  
  




• advertising professionals

  
  




• architects / designers

  
  




• rich and famous

  
  

Which popular brands are available?

• IBM

  
  




• Compaq / HP

  
  




• Toshiba

  
  




• Sony

  
  




• Acer / BenQ

  
  




• Dell

  
  




• Apple

  
  

Which factors to consider?

• tech specs - Processor, HDD capacity, RAM, DVD/CDR-W, networking, USB ports

  
  




• screen specs - size, flat, TFT

  
  




• touchpad / trackpoint or both

  
  




• weight

  
  




• carrying case

  
  




• guarantee / warranty: domestic / international

  
  




• service centers, after sales service

  
  




• built-in softwares / additional softwares required

  
  




• PRICE

  
  

Do not hestitate to ask your friends, colleagues, neighbours(who own a Laptop) about their opinion and experience about the piece which they use.

I have been using Compaq Armada 500 laptop for last two years and about 5 months ago I have IBM ThinkPad T41. The new laptop is half the weight and has a soft-feel look. Looks very sleek. T42 also now is available.

My T41 has Pentium Centrino mobile processor. 40GB HDD, DVD/CDR-W combo drive, 512MB RAM, without floppy drive(who uses floppies these days?), flat screen, touchpad and trackpoint and PS2 optical mouse. It is very nice and I have no problems so far with performance and service.

All the best.