A brief overview of what you need in a laptop

As consumers to open their wallets again to buy new computers, This spring they will face a wide variety of choices and prices, from PC to negotiate for as little as $ 299 for heavily equipped with machine thousands of dollars. This season, there are no major, major new developments in the market, as when small netbooks were he established a few years ago. But there are new GPUs and new innovations.

To guide you through these choices, here's my annual buying guide Computer Spring, "a quick cheat sheet that attempts to clarify some issues to facilitate shopping.

I concentrated on computers phones, which currently dominate the market, but most of this advice also applies to desktop computers. I did not understand the new generation of tablets, a new category, which may eventually replace laptops for some users, but focused on traditional computers most consumers are still looking.

As always, these tips are for users by averaging the most common tasks. This notice does not apply to companies or for gamers or serious media producers.

• Cost: Autumn Last, I noted that manufacturers and retailers trying to move buyers away from low-cost netbooks in a slightly more expensive type of computer Windows laptop, sometimes called "thin and light" or "ultra". These cost $ 500 to $ 800, and have larger screens and keyboards and graphics better. But you can always pay less. Netbooks, which typically run between $ 300 and $ 500, are suspended within and improved, with higher screen resolutions and powerful graphics. An office tower can be had for $ 400 or less, and certain stores have a 15 "Acer laptop for only $ 299. Some dealers, including Micro Center chain, even regularly hit $ 200 on price $ 999 Apple MacBook laptop entry level, despite the rarity of discounts for Apple products.

• Processor: The big news on this front is Intel's new Core series of chips, called i3, i5 and i7, which is available in both PC and Mac. Intel said all the three are faster and more efficient than their predecessors. But the i5 and i7 also have something called Turbo Boost, which increases the speed when it feels it necessary, and disables certain parts of the chip to save energy during less intensive tasks. However, there has no problem with either the purchase of a PC using chips rival Advanced Micro Devices, which can often less expensive, and buyers to negotiate can still do much more with chips like Intel Core 2 Duo. Netbook buyers with limited needs should look for Intel Atom processor wimpier.

• Graphics: For most common tasks, even video playback integrated graphics, which do not have their own memory dedicated, are adequate. Called discrete graphics, which are almost like having a second processor, more powerful, especially for games. Some programs be used to perform tasks nongraphical, which can improve the speed and efficiency. But discrete processor suck more battery life.

Now, some Windows PCs are equipped with technology chipmaker Nvidia-called Optimus that toggles between the two types of graphs to save energy. Apple has integrated a similar system in its last 15 "and 17" MacBook Pro notebook computers.

• Windows vs. Mac: Microsoft Windows 7 operating system is quite competitive with Snow Leopard operating system Apple. And Windows PCs can be had for much less and in several varieties range of Apple whose core starts at $ 1,199. But Macs have their own advantages. Apple hardware is beautiful and reliable, and in my tests, usually Mac startup faster than Windows machines.

Additionally, Apple is often higher scores on surveys Customer support, and Mac are not affected by the vast majority of malware, which is primarily designed to run on Windows. So I think Apple's built in an excellent software. However, Microsoft has removed things like a photo organizer and program basic messaging Windows 7. Some PC manufacturers do not understand, but in many cases, you should download these from Microsoft or other companies.

• Memory: Unless you buy a model of negotiation, you should look for 4 gigabytes of memory, or RAM, a new computer, and never settle for less than 2 gigabytes.

• Hard Disks: A gigabyte hard disk 320 should be the minimum on most PCs, but 250GB will do if the price is crucial. On a netbook, look at least a 160-GB disk. In the solid state disks are faster and less power of battery, but much more expensive.

• 64-bit: Many models now use 64-bit architecture, which allows good software writing to use more memory and run faster. If possible, you can buy 64-bit, which will become increasingly important.

• Touch: Windows 7 lets you control the computer by touching the screen with your fingers, and some PC manufacturers add their own features to screen touch. Make sure that any PC Touch has enabled you consider full multi-touch screen that supports all the gestures of Windows 7. Apple uses the pavement touchscreen laptop or mouse new office, such as multi-touch, the finger gesture, action, instead of the screen.

As always do not buy more machines than you need.

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