How to Buy a Laptop

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 01:07 PM

Post your comments for How to Buy a Laptop here

#2 mphenterprises

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 03:42 PM

One of the PCWorld members submitted a Document outlining some important features one should consider when shopping for a new laptop:

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 11:45 AM

can i have my laptop through post

#4 mcsedave

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 09:59 AM

And again, where is the friendly 'Print' 7 / or PDF option? How many thousands of times do we have to ask for this???

#5 arahman98

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 02:03 PM

For buying a hard drive, capacity is not the only thing to look at. There are two types of hard drives- platter-based (no idea if this is the right word) drives are cheaper per gigabyte, but they generally have trouble surviving falls. SSDs are more expensive, but they offer better battery life, and they are also faster and also are better at surviving falls. If you want speed, it's best to go for an SSD, even though it might not have less capacity as a platter-based drive.

As for RAM, be sure to check the RAM type. DDR3 is the best choice right now, and you wouldn't really need need more than 4GBs of RAM at present.

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 02:05 PM

Also, any way to view the document mphenterprises posted?

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 07:00 AM

mcsedave, on 26 May 2010 - 09:59 AM, said:

And again, where is the friendly 'Print' 7 / or PDF option? How many thousands of times do we have to ask for this???

Being hearing impaired I do not understand why there is no written words that can be read indicating what the person is talking about. The video does not need to be Closed Captioned. With all the technology that PC World has at its fingertips it should be easy enough to equip a laptop with a microphone and Dragon Naturally Speaking or some other speech to text software to help reduce the spoken word to written.

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 11:59 AM

I too am hearing impaired and the movies are not usable to me. I would love it if they were texted or closed captions. Even tutorials for software seem to be all movie files now and it is quite frustrating. Please...the technology is here. thnx, Jann

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Posted 19 July 2010 - 10:07 PM

thank you for your tips! is there any video more？

#10 Holly602

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 07:53 PM

Love the video, but it'd be great if I could go to full-screen. Is there any way to make the video larger for people with poor vision?

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Posted 25 July 2010 - 05:52 AM

The video on How to Buy a Laptop was very helpful. I made a list of notes to take to the store with me.

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Posted 29 September 2011 - 05:06 AM

Nice info in the article. I would say, check your preference like screen size, tech features etc and then check with available brands. I did the same check last year and settled for sony vaio E series in green colour. It works absolutely fabulous for me. In fcat I things all majoy players like sony are increasing their product lineup, like sony. This year theu got 62 models in india in core 17, i3 and i5 configuration and that too in 9 colours. (details from sony.co.in/vaio) Consumers are just spolit for choice. i hope i can save enoug to buy a laptop for my brother now.