Whether you want to purchase your first laptop or want to change the old one, you should be aware of certain issues and be informed correctly and finally to make the best choice.
1 The first suggestion is to know the answer to the question "What are you using this laptop?"
Maybe movies, office, games, graphics, all or some of each, and how well we learn new laptop fits our needs? Most times the answer you're looking for internet, read blogs and articles, opinions and comments of tens and even hundreds of people. Many of these people contradict each processor performance AMD and one Intel, Nvidia and ATI video boards, or that Dell is better than Acer and many other conflicting and ultimately not understand anything.
It is important to invest in a laptop that will use them to maximum performance. If such use is the laptop for browsing, editing documents in Word and watching movies, investment in new laptop is less than the investment for a laptop running smoothly latest PC games.
Investment in the best, the best laptop on the market to use classic no sense. It's like you buy a plane but have no space to the runway / landing.
2 Establish a budget.
You must set a value of investments to make. Thus you can recommend the best laptop existing budget. It matters to choose the model that has the best Price / Performance.
3 The importance of laptop performance.
It is important to think about what could count most: technical specifications or design and color.
Each has a special importance, determining technical specifications laptop performance but the design and color to be pleased because who likes to see a new product every day and did not like at all?
In terms of performance laptops, we suspect that you have noticed that brands Asus, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony Vaio, Lenovo, etc., do not produce internal components, but the specifications of laptops and exterior design.
The components of a laptop computer manufactured by other companies as follows:
- Processors - Intel, AMD
- Motherboard - factories in China dedicated to them.
- RAM memories - Kingmax, Kingston, Sycron, Samsung, Elpida, etc.
- Hard drives - Western Digital, Hitachi, Seagate, Samsung, etc.
- Graphics card - ATI, Nvidia, Intel, AMD
- Screen - premises dedicated for them, as well as for board.
In terms of design and color preferred in general about all laptop manufacturers have models with some design or some color, just looked.
4 Acquisition of specialized stores do IT!
It's good to know that the Internet is given known who did nothing but to install some software, a Windows printer and ready it can give expert advice ... wrong so many times you can be guided and misguided by these little known and you realize that you've actually got something to surprise you is not what you want. Therefore it is better to go to a shop where you can find IT staff with extensive experience in the field who are there to advise you, to inform you and help you make a good decision, they do not force you to buy.
They just recommends what to buy, whether you buy the product after the conversation ended, or after a week, a month or a year, it is important that the person with whom you spoke is there for you. They are people who do this out of passion for them computers are a way of life that make every day whether at work or at home, so people call with confidence in their advice and dare to ask any detail that paper that says some features about your laptop can not give too many details :) !!!
Now that we have solved the problem of how do we know what to choose ... I hope you understand that IT experts find them in specialty stores?
Let's move on to the next step ... what is the shop?
These stores only handle a certain domain and are experts in what they do.
First there are shops that specialize in certain areas: clothing stores that sell clothes course, grocery stores selling food and mixed shops selling clothes and food supermarkets that sell everything for everyone, and IT shops that sell IT products. Therefore you want to buy a laptop, memory or video card does not go to retail store stores where a district are laptops and the other district sausage.
And to explain why: because they do not specialize in this field but still sell it, they do service, not sales advice before or after sale technical support. They do nothing to move the boxes of goods from one place to another and finally to the user in his arms.
Well the advantages of buying a laptop from a retail store are endless and to enumerate the following:
- Technical support specialist
- Expert advice,
- Orientation to customer needs
- Upgrade and service in the store,
- Discounts for loyal customers,
- Promotions for all customers
- Promptly
- Orders for any product sold in Romania,
- Products for every budget and for the most demanding customers.
A laptop is a product of prolonged use it is recommended to receive technical support after purchase. So it is good in your shopping cart at the supermarket, in addition to rice, sugar, fruits and vegetables to replace a laptop.
5 Make sure the performance upgrade is possible!
In some specialized stores (which are authorized Service Laptop) can upgrade the performance of any laptop at the time of purchase or later. The upgrade can be done at: RAM or hard disk, the most common.
Even if they seal the casing laptops in some stores can break that seal (if the store is the local representative of the manufacturer), being replaced by another, and the warranty is not affected. This can only be purchased from the same store laptops which call for the upgrade.
If supermarkets it is a disadvantage because they do not deal with it and if you take it to a shop to upgrade, there is a risk of losing warranty. So it was better if you had taken the laptop from the shop where if you get 2GB Do you still make them and still have warranty? Besides that you can mount extra RAM, this memory must and tested to be fully compatible with the motherboard or RAM like other already existing laptop. Over 1 year or if you want a bigger hard, just go to the store specialized and install it and test it, because they deal with it.
6 Authorized Service Center vs. Supermarket
The warranty period is different from offering / resolving security. Warranty is provided a product warranty period, egg one year, two years. This period is provided for each store that sells products for prolonged use. It is required by law to do so.Offering / resolve security is a complex thing. Authorized Service Centers in charge of this. They take the laptop under warranty, and handles and repaired.
Instead supermarkets have no warranty department, but only test bed. In this case, the laptop must be sent from the client to the service center authorized by the manufacturer of the laptop. There are exceptional cases where some supermarkets take the laptop in service, but send it forth to the service center; they do not even turn on the laptop. This service center is generally in Bucharest.
And here comes the question: Is it better to send the laptop under warranty with a national courier, or is it better to go to the store where you bought the laptop and talk directly with the people there who will and deal with repair work? Most times stated otherwise defect in words than an opinion is put in the box the laptop before you take the courier.
You must be attentive to the fact that not all stores are specialized and authorized service center!
(Egg, One-IT is authorized Service on brands: Toshiba, Acer, HP)
Not all laptops have Windows 7 installed.
You may wonder why this is happening, the answer is that there are people who use Linux (which is free) or already have a Windows license free home. The idea is that a laptop that has Windows pre-installed is included in the price and value of the license. So a laptop with Windows in general is weaker in configuration than a laptop without Windows, both are the same price.
We highly recommend the use of Windows 7 license. Whether you choose a laptop that already has Windows pre-installed, or purchase a product license separately. It is important to note that when purchasing a laptop you have the option to buy a Windows license cheaper than if you bought it after a few days, weeks, months. These licenses more affordable price are called "OEM license" and those subsequent buyer purchase laptop is called "Retail license." If you search the Microsoft official site you will find:
- OEM licenses can only be purchased with the laptop on the same invoice. The value of such a license is a minimum of 400L (Home Premium version).
- Retail licenses can be purchased at any time without any restriction. The value of such a license is a minimum of 750L (Home Premium version).
Note: The prices listed here are purely indicative.
8 Laptop vs. Netbook
There are cases where we are not committed or do not know what to choose, a laptop or netbook.
Each category is made on purpose for a certain type of user, as follows:
- The laptop is for prolonged use at home or office, is weighing 2 kg, and a minimum size 12inch.
- Netbook is to be transported more easily to be used even in delegates. It has a weight of about 1 kg and a size of 10 ". Number of applications used at the same time is limited to get the most recommend 2-3 applications open. It is made for fast internet access, office documents, for weight and small size.
9 Beware of advice from known experts and reviews posted by users on the internet!
Many times I encountered the following statements:
- Batteries are not good at brand X or Y.
- Laptops X or Y have problems with overheating.
It is important to know the following:
- Batteries are consumable (as in printer cartridges). The guarantee they offer less than the laptop. "Life" of a battery depends heavily on its use, as upload, download, format, etc.
- Overheating laptop is NOT classified as a general defect for a certain brand of laptop. Like batteries, everything depends on how the laptop is used.
The ventilation system of a laptop can be blocked fairly easily and this leads to overheating and eventually to the restart of the blue. If used in a dusty environment or on surfaces that do not allow optimum ventilation (egg on the arms, bed, blanket, over any surface that is not right) is very easy to overheat.
In addition, as is general cleaning in a home or in a store, just be done in a laptop. It should be opened completely and thoroughly cleaned. Warning: this is not home, but in a shop with skilled staff and specialized equipment! Can easily deteriorate something extra, you lose the warranty for unauthorized interference.
