10 Things to Think About When Buying a Laptop
My laptop saved me.
As most of my regular readers know, my laptop really saved me when I was in the hospital getting my chemotherapy treatment. If I hadn’t had that, I might have just about gone crazy. For one thing, it kept me in touch with many of my friends via e-mail and blogs. For another thing, I was able to get some things done at work via that laptop and a secure, remote connection to our server. That wasn’t my intention when I bought it, but, still, it’s been a very good investment and I’m very, very happy to have made it. I’d even say it was worth going into a bit of debt to get it when I did. It was something I’d put off doing for… Well, for a very long time.
Anyway, if you’re thinking about getting a laptop, the upcoming Christmas season is as good a time as any. These days laptops go on sale just like all electronics do, at Christmas, after Christmas and at the beginning of the school year. But, with deference to the TechRepublic article from which I drew the main points, here are ten things to keep in mind when buying a new laptop:
#1: Operating system
#2: CPU#3: RAM
#4: Video card
#5: Ports
#6: Screen size
#7: Integrated wireless
#8: Integrated Bluetooth
#9: Track pad
#10: Battery life
So, if you’re taking advantage of the great sales at the last minute, keep that in mind. And, if you’re in the market for a laptop, Microcenter is going to have some pretty great sales just after Christmas this year, it looks like. They’ve always done right by me.
That’s NOT a paid endorsement, by the way. They’ve just always done right by me.
