| Ah yes, I want a laptop but I am not going to spend a | | | | compare. You can visit any of the top manufacturers |
| couple of thousand dollars for one. Well guess what | | | | websites or visit your local store and find their low end |
| you don't have to. Laptop prices have come down | | | | or intermediate models that may suit your needs. The |
| dramatically over the past year alone and they will | | | | three top components of a computer you want to |
| continue to do so as technology advances. But the | | | | look for is the hard drive size, memory, and processor |
| trick here is to find good quality laptops that fit your | | | | speeds and take notes of each model you find on |
| needs at the cheapest prices available today. | | | | each component and model. |
| I would say that there probably is a store near you | | | | The hard drive, you can consider this the brain of your |
| right now that has cheap laptop computers. In fact, | | | | computer, this is where all your files, applications and |
| many stores already have them. The reason being, like | | | | folders are stored. If you plan on using your computer |
| any other new product, laptops were once considered | | | | for MP3s and digital pictures your hard drive should be |
| the cream of the crop in the computer world which | | | | large since these files are usually very large. I |
| made them very expensive. However, all that has | | | | personally would look at 80gb as minimum. |
| changed now. Laptops are a dime a dozen! The hand | | | | Next would be the memory, memory can be |
| held digital assistants, Bluetooth cell phones and tablet | | | | considered the thought processes of your computer. |
| pads are the new rage making laptop computers | | | | As a minimum I would look at 512mb but if you plan on |
| cheap. | | | | using your laptop for gaming of course this should be |
| Now, don't get me wrong, this does not mean that | | | | much larger, in the area of 1 to 2gb. Now memory is |
| they are cheaply made. Thanks to the wonders of the | | | | used whenever a program or application is running. So |
| technological cycle, laptop computers are decreasing in | | | | the more memory you have the faster your computer |
| price as their capabilities rise. Of course, there are the | | | | can process the program. |
| latest and greatest monsters out there that are made | | | | And finally your processor, now your processor is just |
| for gaming or high powered multimedia applications | | | | that it processes all the inner workings of how each |
| and these babies still cost a pretty penny. | | | | program runs. The faster the processor is, the faster |
| But for the average user, you can find cheap laptop | | | | the program instructions are processed. Again if your |
| computers that provide all the power you need and | | | | looking for a laptop for gaming uses you want your |
| then some. Every major manufacturer out there, like | | | | processor with high speeds 2ghz or more. For other |
| Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway, and IBM have their lower | | | | uses you can go less. |
| end and intermediate models that come with more | | | | Other parts of the computer to also consider are the |
| than enough speed and usability. | | | | ports involved that can connect your computer to your |
| Now here is the key to finding the right cheap | | | | digital camera or your mp3 player for example. You |
| computer laptop for you, and that is to figure out | | | | also want to check that your laptop has wireless and |
| exactly what you need it for. | | | | broadband connectivity. Many cheap computer laptops |
| Are you going to use it mainly for surfing the web or | | | | today already come with this but you want to make |
| word processing? Do you need it to work from home | | | | sure or you will have to pay additional, for example, a |
| or mainly to save your MP3s and digital pictures? | | | | wireless card to install in your laptop to have this |
| Ok, so now you have an idea of what you want to | | | | capability. |
| use your laptop for. Now lets go out shopping and | | | | |