What must I consider when buying ?

Question

I am looking to buy a laptop in the near future,besides, Brand, warranty, and cost, what should I look for ?

Example: Operating System,LCD panel size,CD Writer / DVD player (Combo Drive),Memory,Hard Drive,Video card/ sound card,Battery Options , and weight of the laptop. ? Next to each example, please include suggestions that are in the middle range, like not the largest hard drive available ,just what is mid-line for someone that will only be using this laptop for personal use at home.

Answer 1

Brand: HP

Memory RAM: 4GB or 3GB

Processor: Dual Core 1.8 and up

Graphic Card: 128MB and up

LCD Panel Size: 17" around there (YOUR CHOICE)

Operating System: Windows Vista

I have a HP dv6000 and i think is a good computer

Answer 2

you forgot the most important one for that list, processor.  you want intel core 2 duo for that

Answer 3

repairs are way more $$$ than a tower p.c

-if your at home stick with a p.c.

get a wireless keyboard and mouse instead

Answer 4

I just bought a Gateway t1628 with an AMD Turio X2 TL-60 @ 2GHZ per Core, 3gb of memory, 250gb hard drive, ATI Radeon X1270, Sigmatel High Definition Audio, (light), normal battery (I've managed 3hrs 30min on it watching a 1080p Bluray movie and listening to music).  It was $650 and it was the Best laptop i found for the price.  It also came with Windows Vista 32bit.  I installed Windows XP Professional sp2 for much better performance.