Buying a laptop is an investment not one that you should make lightly. On the average, laptops can follow us for about 2 years before technology obsoletes them or due to faulty parts. Below are 5 tips that will help prepare you making the most well informed and best decision when buying a laptop.
Your current desktop is 3 years old. You find your applications lagging after upgrading to newer versions, Internet Explorer takes ages to complete loading websites, the harddrive spins with occasional cranking noise, lagging display when playing games etc, etc, etc.
In this fast changing technology era, computer lifespans are getting shorter. Like it or not most gadgets “expire” after 3 years due to emerging new technologies, faster processing speeds and of cause obsolete hardware. Hence be it procrastination (I’m a victim of this) or not, it is an excuse to start hunting for a new one.
The previous post discussed some basic computer definitions. Let’s go a bit more in this post for part 2.
The chassis is really the shell of a PC which usually does nothing but acts as a cover for the other components (MOBO, CPU, RAM, harddisk etc) inside it. Prices of chassis come a wide range factoring the design, manufacturer and the form factor (full tower, mini tower, small form factor etc) it comes with. My personal favorite chassis maker is Cooler Master.
Technology evolved quickly over the years. Back then computers were rather expensive (I came from humble background). I could only get started off with a second-hand x386 computer and all because a computer’s necessary for school work.
I was enrolled into a course in Information Technology (IT for short) and ironically I was clueless about computers. I remembered fiddling with the monitor button to start up the CPU during a lab session. Probably something that happens to a minority of us I guess.
