What Is The Best Kind Of Laptop?

When it comes time to buy a new laptop computer, there are a million different models to choose from.  Depending on who you ask, you will get different answers about which ones are the best ones to buy.  Each situation is different though. For instance a laptop for a college student will have different hardware needs than a laptop for everyday use around the home.

In general I am a fan of Intel based computers. You will save money by getting an AMD based laptop, but I think the quality is better with Intel.  It seems that most of the laptops that have the AMD chips cut corners in other places to save a few bucks. That allows them to sell the laptop a little bit cheaper.  I donít know about you, but I donít particularly like it when companies cut corners to save nickels and dimes. I would rather pay just a little bit more for real quality.

The Core i3 processors seem to be a pretty decent performer for the cost. You donít necessarily have to cough up all the extra cash to go with a Core i5 or Core i7. I think that the vast majority of people would be perfectly happy sticking with a less expensive Core i3. You never want to skimp on Ram though. No matter which model you end up choosing, always make sure that you have enough Ram for your version of Microsoft Windows. For Windows 7 you want to make sure you have a bare minimum of 3 gigabytes. You are better off getting four though.

I have read reviews all over the internet about which laptop manufacturer is the best. I donít think it matters all that much to be honest. It seems that the difference in quality among the major manufacturers isnít really all that much. The price difference between them isnít really all that much either in the grand scheme of things. I think you are better off shopping for the individual internal components. It seems that is what all the super geeks are doing these days.

One thing that you can really screw up when picking out a new laptop is choosing a laptop based on price alone. If you make every decision about your laptop based on the price, then you will probably end up getting one that is a lot slower than you thought it would be. Just because a laptop is brand new, does not mean that it is going to be fast. There is still a really good chance that the laptop is going to take forever to boot up.  It might not handle multitasking as well as you would expect either. Isn't that really the reason why you want to replace the one you have right now?

I always thought it was sad when someone would bring a brand new laptop into the shop for repair because it was too slow. They were convinced that the laptop was broken. I had the difficult task of explaining to the customer that their laptop was under-powered. They didnít want to believe me. It took a lot of convincing. People just donít believe that a new computer could be slower than the one they are replacing. It really is possible.

Some of the chips in the value model computers are chips that were powerful a few years ago. By todayís standards they arenít all that powerful. It is possible to actually buy a machine that is too slow to run Windows properly. Remember, these computers come bundled with more software on them than just Windows. Your computer is multitasking as soon as you boot it. Even before you tell it to do something, there are already several dozen things going on in the background. That stuff can really slow a machine down.

Stick with a nice powerful Intel Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 based laptop. You wonít be sorry. Don't forget about the ram either.

Thad is a small business man who writes part time for both a hobby and second income. He has been in the computer field for over twenty years. He has witnessed the evolution of the laptop computer firsthand. If you are interested in reading more advice from him or for more current information please visit LaptopBuyingAdvice.com.