A great alternative to a desktop computer can be a laptop. It has much smaller dimensions, takes up little space, it can be used on your favorite couch or armchair, in the kitchen or in the gazebo near the house. Putting in a bag-case, such a portable computer will brighten up your leisure time in a cafe or help in studying at the university. But for a laptop to always please you and cope with the tasks, you need to purchase a model that will meet your requirements. So we'll show you how to choose the right laptop.
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Before you bypass computer stores, decide for which specific purposes and what tasks you need. Proceeding from this, we should further consider the parameters and technical characteristics of a compact computer, and of course its cost. So, for example, when choosing a gaming laptop immediately recommend "keep the pocket wider." The fact is that modern games are demanding on a video card, processor and RAM. If the parameters are not high enough, the game will simply "slow down" or not start at all. Accordingly, when choosing a laptop for games from budget models, you should immediately give up.
As for choosing a laptop for the home, then it's easier. The fact is that an ordinary family uses such a device for simple actions: listen to music, watch a movie, chat in social networks, e-mail, throw photos from a camera or play a primitive game. For such purposes, you should not buy laptops with a powerful processor and a good graphics card. Models with budgetary and average cost will cope with the simple tasks of ordinary people. The main thing is that your laptop has the ability to connect to the Internet.
This is different when choosing a laptop for work. If at work you only create documents in standard Microsoft Office programs, then you will be quite comfortable with the laptop that we recommend for home. But if business trips and business meetings are not uncommon for you, pay attention to models with a good battery, built-in video camera, Wi-Fi function.
What else to look for when choosing a laptop?
The size (diagonal) of the screen. For home use, pay attention to models with a size of 14-17 inches. For travel and business trips, it is better to take a smaller laptop: 7-13 inches. Well, software designers, photographers recommend a diagonal of 17 to 19 inches. By the way, the diagonal of the laptop should be guided when choosing a laptop bag. These portable products are made from leather, suede, leather, synthetic materials and plastic.
CPU. Now in laptops there are processors from two companies: AMD and Intel. The latter is considered more productive, but it is more expensive. But AMD is cheaper and suitable for a home laptop. For a gaming laptop, it's better to choose a minimum of 2, and preferably a 4-core Intel Core processor. For home use, and a dual-core AMD.
Video card. The video card can be built-in and external. We recommend purchasing a laptop with an external high-end graphics card only for those potential buyers who intend to play games.
RAM. This is just the case when "the more, the better", since the RAM is responsible for the performance of the laptop. It seems to us that it is not worth taking laptops with this parameter less than 2 GB. But given the rapidly
Winchester (hard disk). The hard drive is responsible for the capacity of your device. If you like to save your favorite movies and photos on the computer, then a laptop with a hard drive less than 500 GB is not your case. For a gaming laptop, you need a hard disk with a volume of 1 TB.
In addition, when choosing a laptop, pay attention to the material of the laptop (metal, plastic), its thickness, the presence of USB ports (at least 2), a VGA port, a network cable port, Wi-Fi, audio jacks, Blutooth technology, 3G -modem, GSM.
Do not forget about the stand for laptop with cooling .
In addition, you can create an ordinary stand with your own hands .