How You Can Decide if a Laptop or Netbook is Best Suited to Your Needs?

by Graham Kelly
http://www.trilogicuk.co.uk

Before purchasing a netbook careful consideration must be given into the specification and not the cosmetic features and its presentation. Very often the acquisition of a notebook it is made as an impulse purchase and not found to be inadequate until it is used for some time. It's most important to guarantee that the netbook will perform perfectly in the expected use that you'll be putting it to. There is nothing more annoying than a notebook that runs very slowly or constantly crashes and resets!

Different laptop usage scenarios will be considered with the most to the least demanding.

If you want to play modern games and experience smooth clear vibrant graphics then you'll need an exceedingly high specification notebook. Most importantly, the graphics chip or graphics card must be very fast and contain a whole lot of memory. Generally, graphics chips on laptops can't be upgraded so this must be considered when purchasing the laptop. Also you must try to allow for future requirements over several years assuming the laptop is not to be replaced every year. Next consider RAM; without exception games will run smoother on laptops with large amounts of memory. RAM inside the notebook can usually be upgraded as it usually becomes cheaper in the future. Processor speed can also be very important for efficient game playing, again the faster the CPU the better the game will perform. The processor can sometimes be upgraded in laptops. A quick large disk drive is vital for game playing as most games occupy a considerable space within the notebook, this can also usually be upgraded as required. A sizable screen size, a full size keyboard, a blue ray DVD drive etc all help to increase the gaming experience but will not be usually of prime concern.

If you are going to be producing and manipulating video production files then a laptop with a good amount of RAM, a fast processor and two hard drives should be considered. RAM and fast CPU are necessary to ensure video sequences could be manipulated quickly. A good but not necessarily a top end graphics chip or graphics card might be required to ensure good rendering of modified images. Two hard drives are useful to ensure the finished video production may be saved to the additional hard disk drive before burning with a DVD. The DVD drive should have a quick burn speed and ideally have blue ray capabilities.

If the primary use for your laptop will be graphic design or photographic image manipulation then the processor chip, RAM and hard disk capacity needs to be considered. A quick CPU and large amount of RAM is necessary so images an be modified and manipulated. Also a big disc drive is required as it is going to soon become full with large graphic images. Surprisingly, the graphics chip or lard is less important than for game playing since the CPU manipulates and changes the image as opposed to the graphics GPU. A big screen size could be desirable because static images being manipulated will require careful viewing to generate alterations.

If you are going to use the laptop mainly for Internet and emails then any currently available notebook should perform perfectly.

If you are buying the laptop mainly for business use then almost any currently produced netbook will be OK, however, you could possibly find one which is included with a choice of business programs free at the time of purchase.

So provided the laptop isn't primarily intended for game playing or graphic design or video applications then almost any currently produced notebook ought to be OK, however, it is smart to think about future use and upgradability.

I have spent many years successfully repairing broken laptops and notebooks. Usually a faulty laptop motherboard can be repaired rather than replaced. Laptop repair is not easy but is always a challenge. http://www.trilogicuk.co.uk

Article submitted Sunday, August 28, 2011 & read 4 times.

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