Purchasing a laptop, you should consider some things before you buy. Compact enough to carry with you, yet versatile enough to run demanding applications. Laptop is the best tool for doing serious work or play at home and on the road. Tablets and smartphones are always popular, but when it comes to everything from typing a research paper, crunching numbers or video gaming it works better on a laptop.
Laptops come with one of four operating systems: Windows, Chrome OS, Mac or Linux. Deciding this is half the battle. PC laptops fall into the category of "2-in-1s," devices that can switch between traditional clamshell mode, tablet mode and other positions in between such as tent or stand modes. The 2-in-1s generally two different styles: detachables with screens that come off the keyboard entirely and flexible laptops with hinges that bend back 360 degrees to change modes.
Laptops are usually categorized by their display sizes: 11 to 12 inches: The thinnest and lightest systems around have 11- to 12 inches, 13 to 14 inches or 17- or 18-inch system could provide you with the kind of processing power you need to play games or do workstation-level productivity. When shopping look to have good ergonomics. If you plan to do a lot of work on your computer, make sure the keyboard offers solid tactile feedback, plenty of vertical travel (distance the key goes down when pressed, usually 1 to 2mm) and enough space between the keys.
The specs of a laptop such as processor, hard drive, RAM and graphics is a big part of your purchasing decision. Here are the main components to watch for.
CPU
AMD A series or Intel Core i3 / i5: If you're looking for a mainstream laptop with the best combination of price and performance, get a Core i5. Core i3 is a small step down. AMD A series CPUs are less common, but promise similar performance.
Intel Core i7: High-end performance for gaming rigs and workstations.
AMD E Series or Intel Pentium/Celeron: Found on low-cost laptops. It provides just enough performance to enable basic tasks such as video viewing, document editing and Web surfing.
Intel Atom: Also found on low-cost laptops and 2-in-1s. It offers basic performance but more battery life than Celeron/Pentium.
Intel Core m3 / m5 / m7: Low-power and low heat allow systems with these processors to go fanless. Performance is better than Celeron, but a notch below Core i3 / i5.
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RAM: Some sub-$250 laptops come with only 2GB of RAM, but ideally you want at least 4GB on even a budget system and 8GB if you can spend just a little more.
Storage Drive (aka Hard Drive): Even more important than the speed of your CPU is the performance of your storage drive. If you can afford it and don't need a ton of internal storage, get a laptop with a solid state drive (SSD) rather than a hard drive, because you'll see at least three times the speed and a much faster laptop overall.
Display: Most budget and mainstream laptops have 1366 x 768 displays, but if you can afford it, we recommend paying extra for a panel that runs at 1920 x 1080, also known as full HD or 1080p. (The difference is typically about $TK.) Some higher-end laptops have screens that are 2560 x 1600, 3200 x 1800 or even 3840 x 2160, which all look sharp but consume more power, lowering your battery life.
Touch Screen: If you're buying a regular clamshell laptop, rather than a 2-in-1, you won't get much benefit from a touch screen and you will get 1 to 3 hours less battery life. On 2-in-1s, touch screens come standard.
Graphics Chip: If you're not playing PC games, creating 3D objects or doing high-res video editing, an integrated graphics chip (one that shares system memory) will be fine. If you have any of the above needs, though, a discrete graphics processor from AMD or Nvidia is essential. As with CPUs, there are both high- and low-end graphics chips. Nvidia maintains a list of its graphics chips from low to high end, as does AMD.
DVD/Blu-ray Drives. Few laptops come with optical drives, because all software and movies are downloadable.You can buy DVD/Blu-ray Drive read / write discs and that connects via USB.
There are some specs to guide you to make the right laptop purchased for you.
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