By Sarah H.
Laptops are becoming more and more popular these days and you can easily find a laptop to suit your budget. Some laptops go for less than $180 and we have also seen the rise of laptop deals where you get one free with whatever mobile contract you take.
So let’s get to the it.
If you are a normal laptop user and just want to use it for email, home and perhaps office without adding any serious programs, then you can find yourself a bargain on Ebay. For the more distinguished and elite gamers you can find shops and online websites that specialize in building you your perfect laptop with top specs.
So let’s say you are the average user. What do you need?
Here are the recommended specs you would be looking for:
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD motherboard with at least 1600 MHz processor
- Windows XP Pro or Windows Vista Personal Edition
- Internal Wireless Card
- 256 MB ram
- Built in 10/100 network card
- DVD/ CD Rom
- Built in speakers
- 32 MB Graphics Card
- 20 Gig Hard Drive
- 14 Inch Screen
That is the very basic and will perform fine with the basic programs like Microsoft Office, Wordpad, Notepad etc. You can access the internet and it will have enough space on your hard drive to do basic things.
If you are a gamer and need something more that gives you extremely good performance and will run like a dream, then the following specs is what you are after:
- AMD Turion ; Intel Core 2 Duo 7200+ MHz processor or Quad Core 2 Duo T7250
- 19 Inch Screen
- Webcam
- DVD/CDRW or BluRay Disc Technology
- 4 GB Ram
- 250 GB Hard Drive
- Built in speakers
- Separate Sound Card, not onboard sound
- 512 MB NVidia Geforce 8600+ Graphics Card
- Windows Vista Premium or Windows 7
- Wireless
- Network Card 10/100
- Get a separate keyboard and mouse for when playing
The above are some good stats when considering getting the best so you can get the best gaming experience. With the above gaming rig you can easily play Guild Wars, Rohan Online: Bloodfeud or World of Warcraft.
