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