What's the most important feature when you are buying a new laptop?

When I got my new laptop, I was most concerned with the size of the hard drive. I was having problems with my old laptop and playing games. I didn't have enough memory. The games would run slow or stop altogether. I am also happy to have a CD/DVD burner. I burn tv shows from England for my sister-in-law. Now if my husband would just set-up the encryption for me.

Consider the brand, mac, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Acer, these are the good ones. And as mentioned above, tell us what do you need it for... If you'll just use it making some responses to mylot and a few word processing then a core solo with 1gig of ram and 80 gig HD would be fine... If you are into graphics designing and heavy gamer... then have a core 2 duo and 2 gigs of ram.... By the way consider the number of usb slots, all peripherals nowadays are using usb... I have 4 and it seems its no longer enough :)

I think the most important thing is that it has a wordprocessor and be able to be used anywhere...

i think is important the size of the screen...and then that it has a wireless connection so you can use free hot-spots when you travel, or you can to use your laptop in every room of your house... however RAM is important, but today all laptops have about 1.5 or 2 gb of RAM, and is good for all the softwares... the hard disk depends on what should you do...120gb i think is good for a laptop... if you use a lot the webcam, you need to choose a laptop with internal webcam so you don't need to plug an external webcam...

the first thing must be considered is quality,I think. There are few honest salesman. They usually use second-hand parts to take place the new ones, and sell it as a new one. If you a newman in this field,you'd better ask for help from your friends who are femiliar with it. the second is about the technical datas of the laptop,such as the size of hard disk, the screen,and the speed of the processor. But all of these is determined by your budget.Do not buy the lastest one, because it updates very fast like other e-products.

When buying a laptop, first things first, save!!! If you can afford the latest and the fastest, save first. Don't get a lousy one for the price of your budget. A laptop is a laptop, what you buy is what you will be using for a very long time because some laptops are not upgradable especially the processor. Get the highest if you can! then comes storage space, 80gb or 120 is sufficient, once you download, write your songs or pics onto dvd's... saves disk space.. hhmmm... if your budget permits, get the core duo! check your local supplier..visit different stores, look for the friendly approachable sales clerk so if you need support for your laptop, he can help you out..or better yet.. get a macbook.. :) pogi points especially if you use it in wifi coffee shops..

well i use to do a lot of research when i buy a loptop soi that i can get the best deal. i look for a good system config cause i am an animator and i need a very goo0df system config caus ethe softs tht i use uses a lot of resouces and ram and grachic card are a much and also CPU processing speed.

Apart from all the technical details such as capacity, memory etc, if I bought a new one I would check out the keyboard. I use three computers. I have my own desktop but I also work on my husband's at times, and I also have a laptop. Would you believe that major buttons, such as enter and delete are in different places? I rarely use my laptop, but find myself pressing the delete button instead of enter. This is most frustrating.

I am not a computer expert, but I would think the amount of memory would be the most important feature.

buy the right one, not the latest one. the reliability is what i think the most important feature. Laptop give use the possible to take the computer outside, generally it is not suitable for huge load task, and the price for laptop compartment are much expensive then that of desktop. So i prefer to have a leliable laptop with acceptable performance for outside usage.

A wireless built in card. I had an external card on my last computer and it was so big in the back and I kept hitting into when transporting the laptop but now I have a Dell XPS M1210 and I love it! A CD Burner is also a good recommendation too!!

RAM minimum 2 GB, legal vista loaded, light weight, wi-fi

Also check the battery's estimated life, 15.4" is better.