Important Features To Look Out For When You Buy A Cheap Laptop

By: Charles Wee

If you are in the market for a cheap laptop, I am sure you will
be asking yourself that question. As prices for laptops continue
to fall every month, Laptops become cheaper yet more powerful
and this is really good news for cheap laptop buyers. However if
you have not been following computer technology, you can easily
be swarmed by too much information. This guide aims to give you
an idea what features you should look out for when you buy a
cheap laptop that cost less than US$1000.

Processor Most laptops have the capability to go wireless these
days. Wireless allows you to sit far away from a network point
and yet be able to surf the internet. With wireless capability,
you can be surfing your favorite sites in the living room
without all the ugly looking wires. At this price range, you can
expect a laptop with mobile Pentium processor with speed from
1.4 GHz to 1.8 GHz. So aim for at least a 1.4GHz when you shop
for a cheap laptop.

Graphics Display Graphics display is important because it
directly determines how fast a laptop displays information on
the screen. Most laptops at this price range come with
integrated graphics with memory size ranging from 64Mb to 128
Mb. You should always look for higher memory size so try to buy
a cheap laptop with integrated graphics with at least a 128mb ram

Hard Disk Most cheap laptops at this price range come with 60GB
hard disk. A bigger hard disk means you can store more files in
your laptop.

Memory This is an important feature to look out for. Modern
applications require a lot of memory resources to run. Look for
at least 512 MB ram. Fortunately most cheap laptop these days
come with at least 512MB.

Optical Drive Expect your cheap laptop to have at least a CD-RW
drive. CD-RW drive allows you to backup your files by writing
onto a CD. As prices fall further, expect cheap laptops to
include DVD / CD-RW drive in the near future. With DVD/ CD-RW
drive, not only can you backup your files easily, you can even
play DVD movies.

With this information to prepare you, I hope you are clearer now
when you shop for a cheap laptop.

About the author:
Charles Wee runs a free blog hosting service at Blogger Haven. He also
runs a website at CheapLaptopGuide
which provides free advice on shopping for cheap laptops, used
laptops and discount laptops