What To Consider Before Getting A Laptop PC

1. Why do you need a laptop?

This is the first question you need to ask yourself. What you intend on using the laptop for greatly influences the kind of laptop you should buy as all laptops are not the same.
Is it for gaming, watching movies, browsing or any other personal uses or do you intend to use it for professional purposes like blogging, graphic designs, social marketing etc.
Answers to these questions will determine the specifications you need and ultimately the price.

2. your pocket size.

To avoid spending a fortune on a laptop with features you may never use, you need to outline the basic requirements that you are willing to spend money on and the other requirements you can afford for extra performance.
Buying a Quad core laptop for watching movies (which uses only one core for that purposes) is a waste.

3. Do research peculiar to your needs.
You need to make an in-depth research on the kind of laptop you wish to buy. If a colleague or a friend has a laptop that you fancy, ask about the features that align to your requirements.

• Keyboard Layout:

If you are in accounting related business or engineering, you will have a better experience with laptop that features a dedicated keypad (mostly on the right) for easy numerical input.

• Number of USB Port:

In an office/business environment, you would need to have appendages to your system like printer, scanner, external hard disk, USB charging devices, therefore a laptop with a minimum number of 4 USB port will save you the inconvenience of getting a USB extension port.

• Screen Size:

If your intention is just to watch movies or browse the internet, then mobility and weight will be a factor to be considered, in this case, a small screen size laptop would do. However, if you intend to work on more than two Windows in one screen, then a 15” and above screen size will be ideal.

• Temperature:

If your office/room temperature is not regulated with an air-conditioning unit, then avoid AMD powered laptops; go instead for an Intel laptop that works on low temperature. Although AMD still claims to be the good alternative in graphics and gaming.

• Connectivity:

To avoid buying a laptop with stale or obsolete accessories, make sure your new laptop has the basic connectivity tools like Bluetooth ad WiFi embedded.

• Specifications:

It's advisable to get a laptop with specs that can handle future software (OS and Drivers updates)  and hardware (Ram etc...) upgrades. Check out the table below for more clarity.

N.B gamers should get something outside the box, literally.

4. Where to Buy.
It is very important that you buy your laptop from an authorized dealer that can give you a minimum of 9 months warranty. However, in areas or countries that such warranty is limited, it is always advisable to go with a computer Technie or an advance Pc user to inspect and test the laptop before you leave the shop.
After physical inspection, you would need to power up the laptop and view the “System Settings” on Windows Explorer.
More information about your system can be gotten from the “dxdiag” or “msinfo32” command run.

You can get a number of  ideal laptops from authorized dealers on Konga, check em out.

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