Laptop As A Tool Of Time Management
Laptops have emerged as a bare essential for the business
executives who carry their work along with themselves.
Notebooks which are also known as laptops can facilitate the
work process thereby saving substantial and valuable time.
In short, it is used as tool of time management.
Owning a laptop is a dream of many, but since it is very
expensive nobody buys it unless it is indispensable to them.
However, some people having shoe-string budget look for a
good laptop. They are the ones who need detailed and
comprehensive information on laptops before they settle for
one.
Basically, buying a notebook or laptop largely depends upon
the personal choice, specific requirement and social status
of a person. Besides, different manufacturers are
introducing notebooks of different look with a wide-range of
features. However, some notebooks are launched in the market
to cater to a particular segment of buyers keeping in mind
of their specific needs. Accordingly, these laptops differ
in flavor, class and quality.
Let`s take a look at the various types of notebooks that are
available in the market today. Keeping various factors in
consideration the laptops can be broadly divided into four
major categories, such as:
Budget laptops - Typically, these laptops cost around US$
1000 to $ 1200.
Mid-range laptops - Notebooks of this category can be found
with a price-tag of about US$1200 to $1600.
Ultra-portable laptops - These light-weight laptops ranges
from US$1600 to $2200.
Laptops for the people with a class apart. With all the
standard and advanced features in these notebooks, they cost
above US$2200.
Performance test of laptops:
Notebooks can be tested on the basis of certain benchmarks
such as Multimedia content creation 2003 and Business
Winston 2002. These tests determine the performance ability
of different notebooks with regard to regular productivity
applications and multimedia content application.
Similarly, 3D Mark05 and 3D Mark06 are used as standards to
measure the gaming and graphic potential of different
notebooks.
Likewise, PC Mark05 is taken as a yardstick to test various
components of notebooks such as hard-disk general usage,
multithreading, web-page rendering, file decryption and 3D
pixel shader.
Moreover, the battery back-up and wireless connectivity can
be tested using Battery Mark02 and QCheck as the benchmark.
Finally, Vista Compatibility Check can be undertaken to test
if the notebooks have Vista-readiness. Under this test, the
performance of the laptops is assessed on the basis of Vista
drivers and Vista upgradeability.
Features:
When it comes to features, the list seems endless. Some
expensive notebooks have the most advanced features such as
built-in webcams, fingerprint readers, TPM and so on. So far
as the features go, they can be divided into five different
categories, such as:
Physical - Screen size and weight of the notebook
Connectivity - Bluetooth version 1/2, infrared, MMC reader,
S-Video, DVI port, FireWire. The number and type of USB
ports and PCMCIA slots.
Components - Type of optical drives, whether the notebook
has a DVD combo, a CD-RW or a multi-recorder DVD-RW. The
hard-drive capacity and any additional component such as
wireless optical mouse or an MMC adapter.
Software - Software have always been an essential part of
the package. These include recovery CDs, driver CDs, OSes,
etc.
Protection - All types of protection available in a
notebook, be it a finger-print reader, BIOS level HDD
protection, touch-pad lock, TPM, or even rescue option
available at the time of boot up.
Pricing and Warranty:
All notebooks ranging from $1200 to $4500 offer warranty of
1 year and some laptops have the option of additional
extendable warranty.
So, the above discussed comprehensive analysis and
performance tests will definitely help those who are
planning to buy a laptop.
By Roberto Sedycias
<< back
Laptop Buying Guide
|
