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Beside of data processing, internet browsing or gaming and programming what else do you think you need next? There are many additional laptop features that offer by the industries in the market. Please consider every option below:

Blu Ray drive – the latest technology of High-definition optical drive. Some are backed by Sony and others. This Blu Ray drive let you play movies at higher resolution than standard DVDs.

Wireless WAN, cellular connectivity; requires a subscription to a carrier’s data service but this will let you go online when you are out of range of a Wi-Fi network or Ethernet connection

Pointing stick – A small, pencil-eraser-size joystick that’s located between keys on the keyboard as opposed to the more popular touch pad found below the keyboard on most models for controlling your mouse cursor.

802.11n connectivity - Emerging wireless standard offers faster throughput and increased range while being less susceptible to interference than older 802.11b and g connections.

TV tuner - Built-in ability to watch and record TV from an over-the-air antenna or cable input.

Media card reader - A slot or slots to read flash memory cards from a digital camera or another device.

All features are additional to your pleasure and media connection. Please check every option you need most. If you think you do not bother with feature option then go to next option – Energy consumption option

Previous article Memory capacity

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Hi back again to our topic about choosing the right laptop for me/you. In previous article we have talked about processor type and now we talk about the memory capacity.

How much capacity of memory you need is depend on how you will use your laptop or notebook. Is it daily task of word processing and browsing internet? Or intensive programming such as multimedia and gaming action? You know the answer.

There are four levels of option:

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HP has just released on their official site www.shopping.hp.com about damage protection for Notebook PC’s. The program called Accidental Damage Protection Extended Service Plan which protects your PC from damage caused by drops, spills and electrical surges. Unfortunately this program is only eligible in USA area only.

These are details offered by HP

With this plan, you’ll get:

· Protection from damage caused by drops, spills, and electrical surges

· Convenient door-to-door PC pickup and return with roundtrip shipping included

· Expert 24 x 7 toll-free phone, real-time chat, and e-mail support

· Technical assistance with PC setup, troubleshooting, and attacking spyware and viruses

Plan requirements

· Plan must be purchased within one year of PC purchase date

· Plan must be registered and activated as instructed in HP Care Pack materials

· One plan per product

· Does not cover preexisting damage to applicable hardware

· Available only in the United States

So what to do? You should buy the Damage Protection program at cost $269.99. In the box you will get: HP Care Pack certificate with serial number, Registration card and on-line registration information, Booklets with instructions, coverage, and terms and conditions.

Image and reference: www.hp.com

Processor type will make different with what kind of task you ask from your laptop. Because the higher the number of the processor the faster it works. And this is very useful when you do graphic and multimedia works, and not to mention this kind of work will consume more energy. Of course it will be redundant when you your laptop task is just only browsing and e-mail work. Again this is only efficient and effective consideration from me. OK let’s start what are options in processor criteria.

First - Low Voltage

Designed and engineered for longer battery life but not the fastest performance

Second – Economy

The single core is good enough for web surfing, e-mail, and word processing. This kind of processor doesn’t work as well as dual processor in multitasking.

Third – Mainstream

The dual processor works smoothly in multitasking. Take equal between energy efficiency and performance.

Fourth – High Performance

This kind of processor is processing in fastest performance for gaming or any other application like graphic and multimedia.

Next option is Memory Capacity

Previous Article  is Laptop Option

Source: cnet.com

This is important, because the laptop is mobile PC so it should be fit to your daily activity at home or office, you do traveler a lot or not, most usage of presentation or just for fun internet browsing. There are some points to mark here.

You need more portability (size and weight) than features and performance.

- Less than 10-inch screen, weight less than 2 pounds

- 10-inch screen, the weight is 3 pounds or less (basic task, checking e-mail, browsing while travelling, not for productivity machine).

- 11-inch screen, 3 pounds or less, more to portability than features and performance

- 12-inch screen, 3-4 pounds, considering the light weight for daily routine laptop.

You seek both portability (size and weight) and performance

- 13-inch screen, 4-5 pounds weight, reasonable size of screen to do multitasking work and still affordable to use when travelling regularly

- 14-inch screen, 5 pounds or more, offers price less than smaller models and well combination between portability and performance and features.

- 15-inch screen, 5 pounds or more, big enough screen to display inside, big thing to bring on or travelling.

You choose best performance and most features regardless portability (size and weight)

- 17-inch screen, 6 pounds or more, fully loaded features and fast processing, but excessive weight and less battery life.

Next is Processor Type….(wait for next day)

Source: cnet.com

There are some steps you need to consider before choosing laptop that suit to you. This hints just a recommendation how you choose laptop among many brands and type in the market place.

Six hints of buying laptop

1. What kind of operation system

2. What size

3. What kind of processor

4. How big is the memory

5. What features inside

6. How is the energy consumption (battery life)

These six hints are consideration for you to choose which one suit for you. OK Let we get deeper one by one.

Operation System

There are many options to choose for the operation system

- Microsoft Windows XP still sold in the market bundled with some current laptop, because the system is stable and requires fewer resources for laptop’s hard disk than Windows Vista.

- Microsoft Windows Vista. Taking more resources but featured with latest adds on functionality and others from Microsoft

- Apple Mac OS X. Only featured in Mac’s laptop. The laptop has been designed to run Mac OS not with other OS

- Other Operation System like Linux, open source development.

Now you have passed one hint, according to information above make your choice. Let’s take the next hint, Laptop Size Option.

Reference: cnet.com

Elegant, slim and latest technology is my first impression when saw this laptop at the first time.

Apple MB990LL/A 2.26GHz MacBook Pro 13.3″ fit to user such as businessman, graphic artist. The price is still hot around $ 1,199.00.

Here is what you get when buying this laptop Box Contents: Mac Book Pro MB990LL/A, Lithium-polymer battery, 60w MagSafe Power Adapter, AC wall plug and power cord, Display Cleaning Cloth, Install/Restore DVDs, Printed and Electronic Docs; Software Bundle: Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, iLife ’09, 1-Year Limited Warranty

Apple MB990LL/A 2.26GHz MacBook Pro 13.3″ specifications

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz Processor

3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz Bus Speed

2048 MB DDR3 (PC3-8500) RAM Max: 8GB

160 GB SATA (5400 RPM) Hard Drive

13.3″ Glossy (1280 x 800) LED Backlit Widescreen Display

Built-in iSight Camera and internal Omni directional microphone

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB Shared Video Memory

8x Slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Wireless (802.11a/b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

10/100/1000 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet

SD Card Slot

Ports: 2 x USB 2.0, FireWire 800, combined Optical Digital output/headphone out with selectable Analog Audio line in, Mini DisplayPort, RJ-45, MagSafe Power Port

Unit Dimensions: 12.78″ (W) x 0.95″ (H) x 8.94″ (D)

Unit Weight: 4.5 Pounds

Reference: www.jr.com