Johan Simbade
Laptop Buying Guide For Students
The newest trend in laptops is that they can now be classified into several different categories. There are laptops for gamers, for business people, for students, and for the average person who just want something to surf the net on. The biggest question in this category is whether or not laptops are suitable for everyone. In this article I will try to offer a review on five different laptop categories and tell you which ones are good options for you.
Gaming Notebooks: The best gaming laptops will need to be powerful enough to run the most demanding games, but also lightweight enough to be easy to carry around. The gaming laptop on the market right now is the Acer Armada, which has a built in graphics card and a quad-core Intel i5 processor. It also has a spacious 15″ 1920 x 1080 matte screen, plenty of ports including three USBs, an optical drive, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and headphone jack. This machine runs great on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
For business people on the go these laptops are perfect, especially if you need to be up-to-date on email, word processing, spreadsheets, and video editing. If you are heavily involved in online business then you will most likely want to go with a laptop that does both video editing and email. Two of the best video editing and email laptops on the market right now are the HP pavilion and the Dell Inspire series. For more specific functions the Toshiba satellite series of laptops also perform quite well.
Laptops with a small form factor are perfect for traveling, whether for business or pleasure. The Dell Inspirion wafers are very similar to the Idea series and use a quad-core Intel i5-processor. Other good options include the Gateway portable, which has a touch screen and is relatively lightweight. Toshiba satellite series also comes with a small form factor, but it is powered by a quad-core Intel i5-processor.
On the shorter side, many laptops fall into the medium-range category, which falls between the ten and twenty pound range. Laptops in this size range offer little in the way of tech support and battery life. In order to get a good battery life, you should consider purchasing one of the latest laptops on the market, such as the HP pavilion or the Dell Inspirion, which are both seventeen inch models. Both of these machines are powered by a powerful dual core Intel i5-processor.
When considering the best laptops for students, there are a number of factors that must be taken into account. Since the laptop is used for extended periods of time, battery life needs to be long enough to allow for browsing, typing, emailing and using the internet. The speed and quality of sound provided must also be taken into account, particularly if the user plans to use the machine in the class room setting.
