| In the early nineties few people could image the impact | | | | spreadsheets or playing games will work better with a |
| that notebook would have in the computer industry. Its | | | | fast CPU. |
| unique portability made the notebook a product in a | | | | The RAM, or memory is another important feature, |
| class by itself. Soon, it became a must-have product, | | | | and the more memory you have, the better. Your |
| to those who were constantly moving from office, | | | | Notebook`s performance will be greatly affected if you |
| home or school. Nowadays, it is one of the best selling | | | | do not have sufficient memory. The minimum |
| computer hardware items of all times. | | | | recommended these days is 1 Gigabyte of memory. |
| With a Notebook, you can carry your work around | | | | Some experts recommend a minimum of 2 Gigabytes. |
| conveniently, without having to worry about the | | | | The more memory you have, the better the |
| myriads of wires, hardware and space needed to | | | | performance and multitasking you can expect from |
| keep a desktop. Also, you can choose whether to | | | | your Notebook. |
| work from office or home. A Notebook is really handy | | | | The speed and capacity of the hard disk of your |
| in any situation. | | | | Notebook are important, for this is where you will install |
| Portability and mobility are the great advantages of | | | | all your software and your data (documents, database, |
| having a Notebook, or laptop. In your Internet search | | | | photos etc). Make sure that you have enough room to |
| prior to buying a Notebook, you will be presented with | | | | store all your information which can be readily |
| a great variety and quantity of information. This can be | | | | accessed. 40 Gigabytes of hard disk space is |
| quite bewildering, so you have to know what features | | | | considered the minimum these days. Consider getting a |
| you need in a Notebook. | | | | Notebook with 80 Gigabytes of disk space. |
| Upgradabeality is an important consideration: the | | | | Do note that Apple Notebooks are now using Intel |
| Notebook you choose now may be the one best | | | | processors, which means that if you have a hard disk |
| suited to your current needs; but in future, you may find | | | | with sufficient disk space, you can partition your disk |
| it necessary to upgrade it. You will not want to invest | | | | drive and install both Apple Mac software and |
| valuable time and money in purchasing a Notebook | | | | Windows software, and switch between the two. |
| which you will have to discard or sell off in the near | | | | You also have to consider the screen of your |
| future, because of what you might feel as the | | | | Notebook, for this is what you are going to be staring |
| inadequacy of your current one. When you consider | | | | at, and you have to be happy with its resolution and |
| upgradabeality, you have to think of memory or RAM, | | | | size. You will want a crisp, bright screen with good |
| and hard disk space. | | | | viewing, especially for photos. You can go and look at |
| The CPU, or Processor, is the engine which will drive | | | | different screens at a local electronics store, and try to |
| your Notebook`s performance. So you should choose | | | | figure out which size and resolution you like best. Just |
| the fastest CPU that is available, depending on your | | | | be sure that the screen is an Active Matrix one and |
| budget and on what you will be using the Notebook | | | | not Passive Matrix. |
| for. Tasks like word processing, emailing and surfing | | | | The other features you will be looking at to connect to |
| the Net do not require a fast CPU. But using CPU | | | | your Notebook are external devices such as a mouse, |
| intensive applications, such as processing | | | | printer, portable disk drive, scanner etc. Good luck! |