You ever had to choose a car? You can never be sure that the choice is optimal. The same can be said for buying a laptop. It's simple: either you're in it, "go", or - he for you. One of the two. Image
You buy a notebook to carry it everywhere with you. Which quality laptop in the first place should pay attention to? Of course, at first you will be interested in a compact and "weightlessness" electronic assistant (after all these properties clearly distinguishing between the desktop and portable PC), and then - power system configuration.
World Laptop large and diverse, and it also has its own classes: there ultrathin models, just fine, standard and special-purpose laptops. Besides, a company engaged in production of laptop computers, a lot, and of course, each manufacturer their views.
Which tricks resorted producers so as to facilitate the laptop and make it thinner and more compact?
First, of course, exclude infrequently used peripherals. These include a floppy disk drive and CD-ROM drive. Light and thin laptops are targeted at those people who are on duty we have to use the computer away from the office, sometimes literally on his knees, in the car or on a plane.
Usually it is the journalists, employees of emergency services, business and personal assistant to the head of all ranks, whose cases require prompt access to both mobile and remote office. It is worth noting that thin laptops look very elegant and stylish, for which they appreciate the beautiful half of humanity. Generally, it is the look and design of the device should be given the utmost attention when buying. It's one thing when you are working at home, and another - if you will work with a laptop at a business meeting. As you know, meet on clothes, and not on the system configuration. You are interested in the success of the deal? - You need a stylish notebook.
Classy as your business card, jacket and tie.
Caught in a specialized computer store, has a wide range of laptops from various manufacturers, okinte view specimens on display. Any device you like most? Ask the manager to talk about it in detail. You can not make such an important purchase, confined itself staring price list: so you can get a laptop absolutely "unpresentable" appearance.
How to buy a laptop?
Let me give a few tips that will help you to navigate when buying a laptop. If the appearance and design more or less clear - everyone chooses "clothing", relying solely on your taste, then in the selection of "stuffing" (system configuration) to rely on the opinion of the sales assistant at least recklessly. Planned purchase cheap, and advisor - the person interested. In addition, laptops - is often a Brand-device and Upgrade of the future can not dream - it is cheaper to buy a new laptop.
Processor.
Which to choose? The vast majority of models of laptops collected on processors from Intel. In AMD, the eternal rival Intel, also have mobile versions of processors for laptops, but the share of laptops, they are completed, is negligible (at least in Russia, the situation is as follows.) What distinguishes a mobile version of the processor from the processor for the desktop? The first power-saving technology, which helps to extend battery life. In Intel - is Speed Step, at AMD - Power Now! But the essence is the same: when in AC processor running at full capacity for maximum performance, but as soon as the computer has entered on battery, the processor starts at half strength.
A second difference of cell variants - the doubled second-level cache, increasing processor performance. There are options for processors that run on the system bus of 100 MHz and 133 MHz. It should be noted that the mobile version of the Intel Pentium III, made-to 0.13-micron technology, only works on the 133-MHz system bus. But can occur in laptops and desktop processors. Please consider this when selecting the system configuration laptop.
Random access memory
Buyers interested in what amount will be sufficient, we recommend starting with the answer to the question: "Enough for what?" Answering the second question first, it is easy to answer the first. And really, why there is a large amount of "RAM"? In that case, if you plan to work with the latest operating systems and software packages, your machine will need as much memory. In case of lack of some programs simply refuse to run, and the operating system will be created on the hard drive of huge file size. Hard disk drive, in turn, will be constantly rotated, consuming battery power. So we would advise in any case not to save on the amount of computer memory.
Video system
It includes a graphics controller with video and computer display. In thin ultraportable laptops generally set display with a diagonal of no more than 13.3 ", whereas in standard notebooks found 14" screens, and even 15. "This is mainly done in order to reduce the size of the product. Resolution in thin models are often no more than 1024x768 pixels . Notebooks purchased usually for graphics, but for office tasks (at least in this opinion leading producers), so that even in the most modern laptops can find graphics card "comes from the last century" with 4-8Mb. But arrival of a new generation of graphics chips, this situation is changing rapidly and there are laptops equipped with ultramodern Ge-Force.
HDD
Power consumption is independent of the size of the hard drive, so it is best to select the drive more (good prices are not sky-high.) Laptops are special 2.5 "drives with low power consumption.
Communications
(Modem, network card, and an infrared port).
Today, buying a laptop is not equipped with these hardware is useless. Power laptop mobility. Network card will allow the owner to quickly connect to any corporate network and copied onto a hard disk the files or programs that use the network printer to print documents, access to the Internet. The modem will connect to the outside world from any location where there is a telephone line, for example, or to send a fax. And with a handy cell phone that also connects to a laptop, you can always get an important email information from your remote office. In the car there, in a country house, in the resort - with the help of communication of this laptop, you can control the development of the business (in this case giving nekhilyy money for link).
Infrared needed primarily for wireless office. This means of communication is very convenient when the corresponding peripherals (printer, cell phone, digital camera, MP3-player) features the same port. When you are within range of a device that supports the exchange of IR, a special program will notify you about it and make the necessary settings.
Expansion modules PCMCIA. All modern laptops are equipped with expansion bays for PC Card (PCMCIA-slot). Needed to read information from a flash memory card - you set it to a special adapter for PC Card and connect the latter to PCMCIA-slot. PC Card is available at various peripherals: modems, network cards, hard drives, user authentication tools, and various adapters, etc. (if any hardware is built into the laptop, then this connector will be very helpful.) Of course, the PCMCIA expansion slot are expensive and therefore many manufacturers build in various components of the laptop by default.
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ASUS K52F Notebook