laptop buying guide 2011

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Laptop Buying Guide 2011

Buying Laptop, what you need to know to buy the right one for you.

Index

• Understanding laptop specification

• Processor (CPU)

• RAM

• Hard disk

• Graphic Processing Unit (Graphic card)

• Optical Drive/DD !riter

• "creen

• #$A% (!i&fi)/'letooth

• Operating sste*

•

Additional featre• 'siness laptop featre

• "peaker/'ild +alit

• After sales service/spport

• net,ook

• -ask Hard!are Re+ire*ent/Ho! Mch Hard!are Perfor*ance .o need

Understanding Laptop specification

0ver laptop catalog have specification for it1s laptop2 Understanding laptop specification

can help o to get the right laptop2 -he specification ,elo! is a tpical laptop

specification 3&

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rocessor

Processor are the like the engine for a laptop4 a high speed processor allo! o to finish

CPU intensive task like video/i*age/adio editing4 Convert video/adio to one anotherfor*at4 "canning virs and *ore +ickl4 and real ti*e application sch as vie!ing high

definition flash video4 CAD4 PD5 vie!ing and plaing 6D ga*e (re+ire fast GPU as

!ell) ,etter and s*oother2

Most of the laptop co*es !ith 7ntel or AMD processor2 -he crrent *odel of CPU in89:: are as follo! 3 &

-he latest *odel ; "econd Generation 7ntel Core Processor4 !ith -r,o 'oost

-echnolog 829 (on i< and i= series)4 ,oosting e>tra perfor*ance !hen o need it2

Core i6/i


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technolog *ake the processor se less po!er and cooler2 "o*e i


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ale and relia,ilit

2nd G'(')#$I&( I($'L® *&)' )&*'++&)

/#IL-he stars ne>t to the processor ,adges signif their relative levels of processing po!er

co*pared to other 7ntel@ processors4 ,ased on a co*,ination of cores4 GH?4 cache4 and

other technologies2

2nd generation Inte *ore

i3 processor 'xtre4e 'dition 5

-he !orld1s fastest visi,l s*art processor forlaptops

• 0>tra perfor*ance on de*and

• "*art *ltitasking

• 'ilt&in visals

• Overclocking ena,led

2nd generation Inte *ore i3 processor 5

isi,l s*art perfor*ance at its ,est



• 'ilt&in visals

• Higher fre+enc and greater cache si?e

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i6 processor 5

isi,l s*art perfor*ance !ith a ,oost



• 'ilt&in visals


i7 processor 5

isi,l s*art perfor*ance starts here

• "*art *ltitasking8

• 'ilt&in visals6

"ee ratings for previos generation 7ntel@ CoreB processors

I($'L® )&*'++&)+ /&) B#+I* *&U$I(G

Inte entiu4 rocessor 5

Classic and relia,le

Inte *eeron rocessor 5

0ntr&level processor

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0ver progra* rnning on a co*pter need a fast *e*or to hold it2 %ot enogh RAMcapacit can case the co*pter to s!ap crrent progra* data to hard disk2 Hard disk are

slo! *e*or therefore as *ore data s!ap into the hard disk the progra* ,eco*e slo! to

respond2 -he reco**ended RAM capacit is 8G' or 6 to G' if o rn *anapplication at the sa*e ti*e2

%%)28%%)7-

DDR8 and DDR6 have not *ch difference in ter*s of speed visi,le to ser2 DDR6 are

ne!er technolog and cons*e slightl lo!er po!er (DDR8 :2Ev vs DDR6 :2


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++% "ard disk

""D ("olid "tate Disk) is ne! storage technolog that se 5$A"H M0MOR. to store

data2 5lash *e*or don1t have *oving parts4 therefore ""D are *ore ro,st thantraditional hard disk and alot *ore faster2 $aptop sing ""D hard disk shold see

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< April 89:9 One Co**ent

Most of the laptop *anfactred after ear 899F co*es !ith gloss screen2 #hat are the

advantage and disadvantage of gloss screen !hen co*pared to non&gloss (Matte)screen

Gloss screen displa slightl sharp4 ,right4 ,etter color co*pare to *atte screen4 ,t it1s

gloss4 refle>tive srface are annoing in ,right environ*ent2 -he displa ,eco*e

difficlt to see2 -hat1s !h so*eti*es shold look for *atte screen instead of glossone

#d;antage and disad;antage of gossy screen

Pro and con of gloss screen

PRO CO%

"lightl ,righter4vi,rant colordispla

Reflective screen caseannoing glare

High contrast Collect finger print and dst

7deal for entertain*ent in dark environ*ent

%ot ideal in ,right roo* and otdoor

!hen to choose 4atte screen instead of gossy

7f o se or laptop in office4 ,right roo*2 or for !ork it1s ,etter to choose laptop !ith

*atte screen2 Matte screen displa consistent and ,alanced i*age in all places2 Mattescreen also *ch ,etter than gloss !hen !orking otdoor !ith sn light2

!ireess *onnection8!i fi8Buetooth

All crrent laptop co*es !ith !ireless net!ork adapter (!i fi/E982:: adapter) #i 5i does

have several standard2 -he crrent standard are E982::G !hich allo! to transfer data pto


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Most laptop co*e !ith pre&installed genine operating sste*2 -he latest operating

sste* fro* Microsoft is #indo!s =2 -here are 68,it and F,it of #indo!s =2 #hich

one is ,etter and right for o -he F,it version of #indo!s = can *ake fll se oflaptop RAM2 Having *ore ra* *eans or co*pter can rn *ore progra* at the sa*e

ti*e !ithot slo!ing do!n2 't F,its of !indo!s re+ire F,its drivers and anti virs2

68,it of #indo!s = have the highest co*pati,ilit ,t have li*itation of *a>i**sa,le ra* p to 6G'2

!hat is !indows 9: bit and 72 bit-

6: March 89:9 %o Co**ent

Recentl o *ight notice on the laptop specification on the catalog the #indo!s operating sste* is F'7-2 #hat is F'7- #indo!s

Most of the #indo!s operating sste* !e se toda are 68 ,its4 ho!ever 68 ,itoperating sste* have li*itation on RAM *e*or2 68 ,it operating sste* can onl se

p to G' of RAM4 and !hen o install *ore than 6G' *e*or so*e sste* device!ill need to reserve RAM *e*or space for the*2 "o o onl get 62:&62G' ra* !hen got G' of ra* in a 68,it operating sste*2

Recentl ne! laptop co*es !ith F,it of #indo!s =2 F ,it #indo!s operating sste*

allo! the sste* to se *ore than G' of ra*2 Having *ore RAM *e*or allo! o to

!ork faster !ith *an application rnning at the sa*e ti*e2

*o4patibiity with 72 bit progra4

Progra*s like Microsoft office4 ga*es4 anti virs4 printer driver4 video plaer and *ore

also have 68,it and F ,it version2 A 68 ,it progra* need to ,e rn on 68,it #indo!soperating sste*4 ,t #indo!s = F,it can rn *ost of the 68 ,it progra*s4 ,t not for

Anti virs and device drivers2 5or anti virs and device drivers o need to get F,it

version for #indo!s = F,it2 #indo!s = F,it !ill not rn :F,it progra* (so*e DO"and ver ver old progra*)

"o*e progra* that are CPU intensive *a have perfor*ance gain in F ,it #indo!s

operating sste*2

#dditiona feature

"%IHDM7 (High Definition Mlti*edia 7nterface) are a port allo! o to connect a HDM7

ca,le to high definition - or *onitor and se it as displa nit2 HDM7 can transferi*age and adio in the sa*e ca,le2

+witchabe graphic 8 (;idia &pti4us

"!itcha,le graphic / %vidia opti*s allo! the laptop to choose !hich graphic processor

to se2 #hen doing task that need fast GPU it can s!itch to faster GPU for ,est


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perfor*ance4 !hile doing nor*al task that doesn1t need fast GPU it can s!itch to lo!er

po!er GPU to save po!er/gain ,atter life2

Business Laptop /eature

/ingerprint reader5ingerprint reader are ,io*etric secrit featre2 7nstead tpe in pass!ord4 o s!ipe

or finger to log in or co*pter4 o can also save the pass!ord for !e, services thenlog in the !e, site !ith fingerprint reader2 -his is safer ,ecase kelogger can1t captre

or pass!ord2

Inte ;ro

7ntel vPro technolog is a site of featres allo! 7- ad*inistrator *anage and secrelaptop throgh !ired or !ireless connection2 7- ad*inistrator can control/repair the

laptop re*otel throgh net!ork connection2 7n case the laptop is *issing/stolen4

ad*inistrator can disa,le the laptop to prevent data fall to !rong hand2 'ild in A0"

instrction provide hard!are accelerated encrpt/decrpt4 secre the data and ct perfor*ance overhead for encrpt/decrpt2

+peaker, Laptop Buid @uaity.

Aside fro* the technical specification4 there are other things not listed on thespecification2 $aptop speaker var ,et!een *odels and *aker2 Usall *lti*edia

laptop have ,etter speaker2 $aptop ,ild +alit also can var ,et!een *odels and *aker4

good ,ild +alit *eans solid casing4 +alit ,ild *aterial4 no s+eaking sond !hen press against it and no losse part2 Usall ,siness *odel like -hinkpad4 $atitde4 -ecra

and -ravel*ate have higher ,ild +alit than cons*er *odel2

#fter +aes +er;ice, !arranty and support

Most laptop co*es !ith standard : ear !arrant2 7f or laptop got pro,le* de to*anfactre falt (da4age by user not co;ered) in !arrant period4 o get repair for

free2 "o*e laptop co*es !ith 5ree 6 ears !arrant4 these laptop are highl

reco**ended as it assre the laptop can ,e sed for at least 6 ears2

Internationa warranty

7nternational !arrant allo! o to clai* !arrant an!here !ith the laptop *aker

service center in the !orld2 7f o plan to !ork/std oversea it1s reco**ended to lookfor international !arrant2

%e *o4pete *o;er

Dell co*plete cover give co*prehensive cover for or laptop inclding da*age case

, ser4 7f or laptop got pro,le* or got da*aged4 Dell co*plete cover plan repair and

replace the falt part for free2


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#re (etbook the one for you-

$ask hardware reAuire4ent

Ho! *ch hard!are perfor*ance o need Depending !hat do o do !ith or

laptop4 o need hard!are perfor*ance that have enogh po!er to do the task s*ooth

and fast2 -his ta,le sho! o hard!are re+ire*ent for certain tasks

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Face!ook "ame

Some /acebook 7ash based #ame are ver!"P8 intensive requirefast processor to have smooth #ame pla!3

5 1 ,Game will

look chopp!on some

#ame

#asic "ame

9asic #ame such as be:eweled ;umape##le3

1 , 1 -.S

$d%anced "ame

Advanced #ame such as "r!sis Starcraft1Half life 1 haverealistic #raphics but require ver! hi#hperformance hardware 9etterhardware performance #et better #raphic3

< < 6)

&D animation creation andrenderin"

5* animation creation and 5* renderin#require hi#h performancehardware to work smoothl! and faster3

< = < 6)

Video 'ditin" – (tandarddefnition

(ideo editin# on standard denition videorequire fastprocessor and more ram to work smoothl!and faster

5 5 1 )nl! li#htvideo editin#

Video 'ditin" – Hi"h

defnition

(ideo editin# on hi#h denition videorequire fast processorand more ram to work smoothl! andfaster3

< = 5 6)

)edia con%ersion

(ideo and audio le format conversionrequires hi#h speedprocessor to nish conversion in shortertime3

5 5 ,$ill take

lon# time tocomplete

K L Plaa,le at lo!/*edi* setting4


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• $aptop !ith at least 8 ears !arrant4 ,est is 6 ears

• Mid range laptop !ith %vidia/Ati graphic processor

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