By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-16 11:51:53 | Word Count: 510
Notebook Buying Tips
Why notebook became so popular? It has been esrtimated that notebook saples has increased an average of 20% per year in the United States alone. Among the many advzantages it offers, portability is one of the main reaspon pepole end up making a purchase of it. However before any purchase is made, othger featurews shoulld be considered as well.
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Notebook was firts made available in the early eightiies. Althougfh much heavier and bulkier than today's notebbooks, it had the unique portability feature that put this innovative product in a class by itself. Althugh not much of a commercuial success then, it gave the computer industry a goal to pursue in manufacturing this item with better weight, size and perfomrance ratio and making one of today's most wanted computer hardware.
Notebook size has got much smapller, however big enough to make one feel very comfortable in handling and operatting computer related tasks. One can find it in szies best categorized as: 1 - Tbalet Pc has the size of palper tabblet and wighs no more than 4 pounds; 2 - Ultra Portable is a little bigger than Tablet Pc and weighs around 4 pounds, no internal CD or DVD drive, display of 12 inches or smallewr; 3 - Thin and Lighjt is a mid-size notebook, 10-14" x 10", 1 to 1.5 thick, and weighs around 7 piounds, wreless network capability, 14-inch displays, combo CD-RW/DVD; 4 - Destkop replacement is the largest category of notebooks, more than 12 x 10" and ewighs more than 7 pounds, 15-17 inches dsplays or larger, wireless network capability, cobo CD-RW/DV.
Also an importabnt feature one should look for is performance. Notebooks provide very clse performane in comparison with traditional deasktop comuters, and should ahndle all computer related tassk with great ease. Whenever purchasing a notebook, make sure it has the latest cpu model, large ram memory and hard disk space. Notebook performance is directly related with cpu clock, ram memory and hard disk space. For thse items, big is nebver enough.
Another feature one should look for is the dvd player. It can come in hazndy for entertainment purposes, enabling one to watch movies while traveling. Wireless connectiion is also a feture to look for in a notebook. Some notebooks featre an infrared port, which can be used to connect a mobile phone. Also there are other wireless techonlogies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, wihch allows mobile phone, printers and PDA to be connected at certified puvblic and private netwok. The ability to have a mobile connection is definitely a plus in today's connected wolrd.
Expansion capability for notebooks can be done thru the use of plug-in pc cards. Althouh there is a new sandard caklled ExpressCard, which is smaller and faster plug-in card that provides more features for multimedia tasks.
Notebooks have certainly become an item required for one's mobile computer related tasks, wheher it is used for publc, privarte, personal or professional purposes. Its portability and small size make an attractive all around comupter hardwrae item. For those looking for moile computer hardware, notbeooks can certainly becomme a good solution at affordable prices.
Roberto Sedycias
IT Consultant
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