Broken laptop screen

What will your laptop look like if you step over it by accident. Here is a short clip that shows what the consequences of doing that.



The black parts on the screen are permanently damaged. The other part of the notebook screen is in a way beautiful!

How to choose a laptop?

What should we be looking for when choosing a laptop?

This is a very common question these days. I will try to make your choice easier, sharing with you my experience as a computer professional. Of course my opinion might be not as objective as it should be but even though it is based upon my 10 years of experience in the area.

In order to choose your laptop you have to answer couple of questions.

The first and the most important question would be –

What I am going to use this computer for?

If you cannot answer this question it is still not the right time for you to buy a new laptop and you do not have to read the rest of my advice.

After you answer the question you will be able to choose the size of your laptop.

There are three most common screen sizes:

12 inch display

Usually weights between 1.5 1.9 Kg. The battery of these computers last longer. They are suitable for a mobile computer with a lower productivity! Such computer will be suitable for you if you are traveling a lot. But it will not fit your needs if you work with graphics.

15 or 15.4 inch display

One of the most common displays among all. Weights between 2.8 and 3.2 kg. This machine is perfect for work and fun. You have to be aware that if you are an architect or a graphic designer for instance the display might be just a little too small for you.

17 inch display

Perfect for any purpose. This laptop can be a fine replacement of your desktop computer. Some of the new models come with TV-Tuner and a remote control. On these machines you can as well add a video card in order to fit you needs. The weight of these computers is around 4kg, which makes them not very suitable if you happen to travel a lot. The price is also higher compared to the smaller notebooks. However, another disadvantage is that the battery does not last as long as laptops with smaller screens!

Now that we have chosen the looks of our laptop ladies can have a sigh of relief and we can proceed with the complicated part of the advise!

What we should have inside our laptop?

I won’t be starting another fight who is better AMD or Intel.

However if you have a small budget AMD will be the answer for you.

If your choice is Intel you can spare a minute out of your time to follow the rest of my advice.

Main board and Processor

INTEL have out on the market the following processor model - Celeron, Pentium M, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo. Core Duo and Core 2 Duo would be your choice during 2007. These processors are with two cores (imagine as if you have two processors) and have higher productivity!

Operating Memory RAM

Often notebooks are being sold with 512 MB of RAM, which is enough for Internet, simple text processing, office programs and for small multimedia projects like music, online tv or movies.

If you are a gamer or a graphic designer, or you are using programs that require higher performance you might need to be looking for RAM as much as 1GB at least. If you can afford it you can even be looking for 2GB of RAM

Hard Disk ( HDD )

I recommend you a hard drive with at least 60 GB of space. If you want to process data with higher speeds get a “fast” HDD, which works with 7200Rpm/min.

If you want your battery to last longer you should consider choosing a HDD with 5400 Rpm/min.

So far on the market there are HDD’s up to 200Gb.

So that is about it. I hope this article helped you to choose a laptop!