Buying a NEW Laptop?

Philippines
July 11, 2008 9:40am CST
HI, Im about to buy a new laptop this coming week and I have no idea what are the things to consider in buying one. So can you guys give me some pointers on what to look for in a Laptop and whats the best laptop there is in the market????
8 responses
11 Jul 08
Hi there twowizdom. There are a wide variety of laptops available. It really depends on what you are going to use it for. I guess you are not going to use it for gaming as laptop generally arnt as good as desktop pc's for gaming. First of all you need to consider the performance of a laptop. The performance of a laptop depends on what components it has PROCESSOR (Also known as CPU) - you should get either a dual core processor or a quad core processor. These are the latest technology, dual core is cheaper than quadcore but quad core is better. Memory (RAM) - I would say you need at least 2GB of ram for it to be good performance. Anything higher is better. Hard drive space - 150GB or more, to give you an idea, I have 180GB Hard drive and i have never filled it. Also the size of the laptop and the weight of it, depends what you are doing with it. Screen size - entirely up to you, depends what you want a laptop for. It all really depends on your budget. The best laptop on the market would be really really expensive. I would stick to the specifications i have stated, just look around in local computer shops and look on a few websites to find the best deal. Hope this helps
• Philippines
13 Jul 08
Ok i reposted a new question with more details it in this link http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1601128.aspx
15 Jul 08
Hi there please check the new post, i have given a suggestion etc. Thank you for BR and if you need anymore help please contact me. Regards
@makatas (1098)
• Greece
12 Jul 08
All depends on your needs...if you need high storage for videos,music,downloads you must check it to have very big hard drives. If you want to play demanding games, then your ram,cpu,grafics card must be of high levels, that means the laptop itself will be very expensive. If you work on office suits, any laptop will do. You must study a bit what each hardware part inside a computer helps with, so you will know for sure to which u must focus for your specific needs.
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
12 Jul 08
Just a little something to pay attention to. Make sure to check how many USB ports it has. I didn't think to check that before I got mine and it only has 2. While I can get by with that, something like 4 would be better.
• Egypt
11 Jul 08
i think you will find more at hp sites and sony sites
• United States
12 Jul 08
I would make sure it is as if you were looking for a desktop all to good things that are in it. You could look at some sites that have rated laptops like cnet and subscribe to their news letter.
@godkid308 (105)
11 Jul 08
it really depends what you are looking for and what you budget is if you are using it for gaming, laptop may not be the best choice but since you asked for a laptop - hard drive. look for atleast 150gb. ive got 581 gb and used near 200gb - processor. try to get a duo core with atleast 1.8ghz - ram. if you are going to be running vista i recommend 2gb. vista eats ram. i do not know your budget so i can not state that much. sorry. and please can you state what you are going to use it for. thankyou:D
• China
11 Jul 08
hi twowizdom brand,like Apple,HP or Lenovo from China,and also DEll and IBM,I think they are all good which you like to buy,that depends on how much you want to cost,hope you buy a good one,which you love it very much. take care
@soubhaan (85)
• Pakistan
11 Jul 08
Its depend on ur budget how much you can spend,anyway dell compaq and ibm are goods branded in market