Saturday, October 23, 2010

Laptop Buying Guide: Right Laptop for Different Users

Choose the Best Type of Laptop that suits your needs 
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As a consumer or a techie user you should not be deceived by the promising components and slickest laptop designs. As mentioned they were developed bearing that specs and designs to a particular types of users. So when shopping for your first laptop the very first thing you should consider is your needs. Are you a gamer seeking for a laptop that offers the best gaming performance? or a student that needs laptop for word processing and submitting assignments through e-mail? Whatever type of user you are there’s a particular laptop for you; what’s more important is you know the right specifications that suit your needs. Listed in this article are the different user types and the laptop specification that suits them.

Student

Students don’t need luxuriant laptops for their daily assignments and research works. What they need is a low cost but portable laptop models like a netbook which allows them to carry easily from room to room during classes. Though netbooks don’t have that incredible processing power as it only offer low voltage single core processor, it is more than enough to cater basic application needs like surfing the web, sending e-mails and writing researches and reports.

Typical laptop specifications for student user are 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard drive, small screen display and a single or dual core processor.

Price Range:  14,000 to 20, 000 depending on model, manufacturer and specifications

Business minded

For those who need laptops for business use whether indoor or requires travel, they need a laptop that’s robust enough to stand long hours of use, with strong data security features added on to incredible processing performance. Typical business functions that need your laptop would probably presentation of sales or presentation of proposed projects using a LCD projector. A laptop that runs smoothly in multitasking condition is also ideal for business minded users.

Laptop specifications for business minded users include 2 GB RAM or higher, 250 GB hard drive or higher, 15 inch display, wireless networking, Windows 7.

Price Range:  25,000 to 35,000 depending on manufacturer and specifications

Multimedia Savvy

If you’re fond of multimedia like photos or videos – be it a passion or a source of income, you need a laptop that’s powerful enough to run the latest photo and video software available. You need the model that has the capability to play high definition videos, great screen resolution and a processor for multitasking.

Typical laptop specifications for multimedia savvy users include 4 GB RAM or higher, fast hard drive (7,200 rpm with capacity of 320 GB or higher), 15 inch or larger screen display.

Price Range:  30,000 to 40,000 or higher depending on manufacturer and specifications


Ultimate Gamer

While most gamers prefer desktops when it comes to gaming since it offers flexibility when it comes to upgrades and cooling facilities, there are users that are taking advantage on recent laptop designed only for gaming. Basically you need a powerful gaming processor like Core2 Quad and the latest Intel Core i7 built for better 3D gaming experience. You must also have the latest graphics card for better video quality.

Other feature every laptop for ultimate gamer must have included 4 GB or higher RAM, 320 GB hard drive, 17 inch display

Price Range:  35,000 to 50,000 or higher depending on manufacturer and specifications


Ordinary Home User

General laptop users not falling on the above mentioned user types are included in this type of user. At some point, student might be included in this one as student laptop can also be used by their parents or siblings at home; it is not always the case however. Typical home user needs laptop for basic viewing of photos, listening to music or burning them to DVD etc.

Laptop specifications for ordinary home user includes 2 GB RAM or higher, 160 GB hard drive, DVD burning drive, 16 inch display.

Price Range:  25,000 to 35,000 depending on manufacturer and specifications



Each kind of laptop have different models coming from different manufacturer; each having different design and features. So before choosing what particular laptop model to buy based on what type of user you belong, better read reviews on these laptop models. There are lots of reviews available on the Internet, or more a more reliable and accurate laptop reviews, visit http://reviews.cnet.com/

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