This question is not as simple as it may seem at first glance. In addition, people tend to be guided by subjective opinions, often based on their own or someone else's experience. And who does not ask us a question about choosing a laptop, one begins to suggest something. We do not recommend any specific brands -this stuff will tell on what aspects you should pay attention to when choosing a laptop. In this paper we will not overload your terms, and try a more simple language to explain how to make the right choice.
Housing
The buyer first pays attention to appearance, as they say, "meets on clothes."Question design is individual, but the materials we will tell the body. There are two basic types of plastic used to produce the body - glossy and matte.Finish looks great - such a computer in the store reflects light and draws attention to himself, like a bright Christmas toy. But it is necessary to understand that despite the gloss, this material is very susceptible to contamination: the prints stick to such a body as the metal shavings to a magnet. In addition, such a surface gets scratched very quickly. Therefore, buying a unit in a glossy package, is prepared in advance to ensure that the external beauty will have to pay very careful handling of the computer and the daily care of his appearance. Such material is used most often for home multimedia notebooks. Indeed, such devices are often placed on the most prominent place in the apartment, and shiny stuff looks so elegant, that causes the buyer to choose just a laptop. Matt laptop does not look impressive, but does not require special treatment. As a rule, such materials are virtually no fingerprints and scratches. Typically, such material is used for office buildings or business laptops. Sometimes the buildings are used for aluminum. Metal casing dissipates heat well the laptop is more practical than plastic, and hands to feel it much more enjoyable. These computers look more imposing their plastic "brothers." But for all the advantages of the aluminum case would have to pay a higher price. Sometimes there are more exotic materials such as carbon fiber or bamboo.Usually, a design course, which the producer is trying to draw attention to their products.
The hardware
If the appearance figured out, then you should pay attention to the configuration sheet of notebook computers. Perhaps this section be split into several parts, depending on the type of mobile computer. The first in the list are netbooks. As a rule, the "iron fillings" All these computers are similar to each other as brothers, twins, with some exceptions. We can only recommend to choose a model with two gigabytes of RAM, as it is useful for comfortable work with the programs. The operating system in the current model uses of Windows 7 Starter, and to improve performance as well be changed to a more functional version, at least on Windows 7 Home Basic. Next come the subnotebooks. Their hardware depends on the type of subnotebook. If there is a need for a long time, battery life, you should choose a low voltage processors. In this regard, Intel processors without any competition.They have an excellent compromise between performance and power consumption. The processors are divided into single-core and dual-core, it is clear that the second option is preferable. But it is a question of your budget - what it is, the more "fast" machine can get. Incidentally, this also applies to the second type subnotebooks: performance depends on financial possibilities. In a class of office laptops can be found quite a variety of configurations, but one thing sets them apart - due to their specific office laptops do not need a "powerful" graphics card. With all the typical tasks for them to cope well and built-in graphics. As for the other components, it should be clear about the degree of congestion of the future of your laptop. If nothing serious Word'a or similar applications will not run, you should not chase the gigahertz, because for these problems, you can choose the easiest processor. But if you're doing complex mathematical problems, the need to buy a laptop with a more productive "heart" - in this case, you should pay attention to the latest generation of Intel processors under the name Core ix. Business Series includes work with large volumes of information, and for fast processing requires a strong and balanced system. All laptops are equipped with this class of processors with high computational capacity, which is able to cope with the full range of tasks. As for the video card, there is preference for discrete solutions, which will be useful not only for work but also for entertainment. Indeed, such a laptop is often bought as a primary computer, and sometimes you want to escape from the affairs of any game. This is what concerns the basic components. But corporate laptops have higher functionality. Very often, if not always, these laptops are equipped with biometric fingerprint sensors that provide data security. Business Notebook series altogether different increased attention to safety information, and for this purpose, both software and hardware solutions. For example, this can be attributed to the fact that the hard drives of laptops are equipped with accelerometers. They determine the position of the laptop in space and in the event of a signal is sent for immediate parking the read head, which allows the plates to keep the hard drive from physical damage, and yet they are the most dangerous element of this system. The last time such decisions are found in other classes of laptops. The components of a multimedia machine depends on the range of future challenges. But in any case a decisive role in this regard is the video card. But its power is determined by the terms of the future tasks of the laptop. If preference is given to view high-quality high-definition video, the graphics card will suit even the entry level, it is quite cope with the playback of HD-content. In addition, this card can cope with most modern games, but do not expect this at high resolution and detail in the settings. If the laptop is the emphasis on the game, you should have already selected a more powerful version of the video card. For example, we may assume primary graphics adapter plate nVidia GT 330M/240M or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650/5650. After a slash are the equivalent of a new graphics card and the last line, the market can be found both. But if the case with nVidia difference between the old and the new line of graphics cards is almost no, ATI's new series has moved to a more economical process of making graphics chips, resulting in reduced power consumption and increased battery life. For DTR notebooks are selected only the most powerful components. Typically, this is the latest generation of Intel processors are not below the Core i5. And as the video card uses high-end solutions from AMD or nVidia.
Screen
An important detail is the laptop display. From his performance and coverage depends on the usability of the device. To begin with let's say a few words on the cover of the matrix. As in the case of buildings, there are two kinds: matte and glossy. Satin adds visual contrast and brightness - the picture on this screen looks very juicy. But there is a very serious problem - a brilliant finish collecting all the reflections, especially if the light source is behind your back. Matte finish in this respect is much better, no extra reflections in this screen, you will not see. That's just the picture looks more pale in comparison with the gloss. So choose for yourself what you like. In addition to covering important role played by the brightness of the matrix. The higher it is, the better. With a lack of brightness will be very difficult to disassemble the screen when working with a laptop in bright sunlight.
Keyboard and Touchpad
Many people underestimate the importance of this element when choosing a laptop. But this is one of his most "workers" Although parts of the class of mobile computer is always careful to choose the keyboard. Need to pay attention to such things as subsidence base knock and key travel and the convenient location keys themselves. Be sure to decide for yourself whether or not convenient to work with the data input device, because the change it will not happen. You can certainly connect an external keyboard, but this is an additional disadvantage. An important detail is the presence / absence of the digital unit - should take this into account, based on estimated tasks for which the selected laptop. Touch Pad all laptops have varying degrees of ease of use. When choosing a laptop should be sure to personally check the availability of this item. Especially if you plan to use it as the main manipulator without an external mouse. But there are some nuances. For example, a very famous and popular Business Series ThinkPad comes with not only the standard touch pad control, but the trackpoint device called - is a small joystick, through which the cursor control.According to many specialists, this method is more convenient than using the classical touchpad.
Communications
In notebooks, the importance given to communication cost, since this will depend on ease of use. To a question on the number of modes of communication with the outside world the laptop should be approached with a clear knowledge of the alleged problems of the unit. All modern laptops are equipped with a module Wi-Fi. Now there are many hotspots to access the Internet through this type of connection - in cafes, shopping centers, libraries, hotels and even at railway stations. The disadvantage of Wi-Fi is a small area of coverage - costs only a few meters away from an access point, as the Internet connection icon disappears. In order to somehow fix it introduced a new standard called WiMax, which coverage is calculated in kilometers. In Russia, the services in this area provides a limited liability company "Scartel" under the brand Yota. To access this network, you need to get your Wi-Fi module had the proper support, but if not, you can buy an external modem. The disadvantage of this solution - it is the fact that the external device will occupy one of the few ports USB. The downside of this type of communication can be assumed only that the Yota works only in five Russian cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Sochi, Ufa. Another possibility to get online with the laptop is a 3G-modem. It is inserted SIM card, and you are in the vast global network. Most importantly, have a positive account balance and enter the reception area. 3G-modem is built in and the outside, it is clear that the first option is much more convenient, but netbooks with support for SIM cards are very few. The presence of the Bluetooth module allows you to connect to a mobile computer a large number of devices supporting this standard - this is a wireless headset, and mouse, and headset. But the most important device can be called a phone that after connecting with a laptop can be used as a 3G-modem. Business notebooks are equipped with connectors for connecting them to the so-called docking stations. Figuratively speaking, this is a kind of stand that can turn a laptop into a small system unit, extending its functionality with additional connectors and devices. In addition to devices for Internet access to communications are also built-in webcam and microphone, which can be useful for communicating over the Internet. In addition to basic functions, the webcam can be a means of identification of the user - so your face becomes a unique password at login.
Conclusion
That is, in principle, and everything that I wanted to talk about laptops. We hope that this article will help you a little bit to understand the features of laptops and would be a good help when choosing a mobile electronic assistant.
