Tuesday, June 22, 2010

8 Tips for Choosing a Notebook


There are many different brands of notebooks that are available on the market. From local brands with prices starting just five millions to brand branded with a price above 10 millions. With so many options available in the market, of course requires you to be clever-clever and observant choose which is most suitable notebook or suitable for your needs. The definition between people who match each other of course is different. Including the right for me, not necessarily well suited for you.

I will provide tips on choosing a good notebook, which is appropriate or can accommodate all your wishes. But before you continue reading this article, if you are still confused or not yet able to distinguish between your notebook to the netbook, please you read my first article "Computers and mobile phones such as the future of what?"

Here are tips on choosing the notebook:

1. Processor.
Processor as the brains of the computer that determines the speed of access to a computer as an important factor that you must see. However, should the processor specs you'll want to adjust to the needs or applications you'll use later. Performance standards for the current processor is a type of Celeron or Core Duo. Processors of this type is sufficient for the use of internet and office applications. But when you use the computer for a higher purpose such as for graphic design, video editing and gaming, choose a high-performance processors such as the type of Centrino, Core 2 Duo, or output the latest Intel Core type series I like i7, i5, and I3.

2. Memory.
Memory or RAM (Random Access Memory), the greater memorynya the sooner it will be the performance of a notebook.
For standard usage, memory with 1Gb capacity is more than enough. But whenever possible, use a larger capacity, especially for design activities, games, and video editing.

3. Battery.
One advantage compared to desktop PC is a notebook page Top with battery power as the power supply. The higher the resistance of a notebook battery, the better. In general, notebook battery endurance ranged from 2-3 hours. If you frequently mobile with your notebook then the choice of notebooks with long battery endurance will be highly suitable for you. In the market there batteraynya notebook that can stand up to 8 hours. Example Timeline Acer notebook series.

4. Display Screen.
There are two choices of notebook screens. Model which is standard and wide screen (wide angle). Options with a wide screen is now more popularly used in notebook computers. For the resolution, which is commonly used format is at least 1024x 768, especially for the website display.

5. Hard disk.
What kind of data you will create and store in a notebook, will determine the required capacity. If just a working document file, hard disk with a capacity of 60-80GB is enough. But if you love to save MP3 song files, video-Youtube vedeo, and photos, find the hard drive with a bigger capacity.

6. Optical Disk Drive.
Optical Drive that serves as an alternative storage media will also need to consider. With a choice of CD / DVD writer, lets you play discs other than the data, also helps you expand the disk space by moving or backing up old data into the form of discs a CD / DVD.

7. Connectivity.
This is important also that you must check. The existence of such connections, USB ports, Bluetooth, LAN port, and WiFi will greatly help the user to interact with a computing device or network. For mobile computing needs, WiFi surely must exist because it lets you access the Internet in the hotspot-hotspot regions are now widely available for free at the mall, cafes, or your campus area for example.

8. Operating System.
You need to ask whether the purchase of notebooks already include the operating systems in what has not been on the market for notebook sales are not included with the operating systems in the alias sold separately.
And the choice of what operating system should be used of course very relative. If you need an easy to operate and the most commonly used, use the Windows OS is sufficient. But if you need a notebook that was powerful OS, can drop the selection on a Mac notebook or use a more secure Linux is famous for surfing on the internet.

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