laptop advise

[frankey]

Hello.

I need a reliable laptop for simple tasks as word processing, emails,
bweb browsing.

Which company'd you recommend? Toshiba, Fujitsu?

And processor? Celeron, pentium?

Some general direction where could I go...

Thank you.

 

[Rod Speed]

I need a reliable laptop for simple tasks as
word processing, emails, bweb browsing.

Which company'd you recommend? Toshiba, Fujitsu?

I prefer Compaq/HP or Lenovo or Dell myself, mainly
because they have full maintenance manuals online etc.

And processor? Celeron, pentium?

Celeron M is all you need for that use.

M give better time on battery.

Some general direction where could I go...

Pretty important to have builtin wireless in my opinion.
That way the antennas are in the lid and that leaves
addon wireless for dead, non directional and decent size.

Thats the main thing that isnt always included, particularly
at the cheap end which is all you need for that use.

 

[altcomphardware]

Hello.

I need a reliable laptop for simple tasks as word processing, emails,
bweb browsing.

Which company'd you recommend? Toshiba, Fujitsu?

And processor? Celeron, pentium?

Some general direction where could I go...

Thank you.

One thing I see a lot of people doing with laptops is trying to buy a
high spec performance-orientated laptop. It is like trying to build a
Formula One car from a truck.

If you want a laptop just for simple tasks then a Cel-M 1.6GHz is more
than fast enough, but get enough RAM (I'd say at least 512MB). In my
experience it is RAM which really slows down PC speeds, not the CPU as
these days just about *any* CPU you can buy from retailers with recent
stocks is more than fast enough for simple tasks.

Remember the more power-hungry your hardware (e.g. dual processors,
powerful graphics card) the faster a battery will run out. Which
defeats the point of a laptop, which is portability, if you need to
find a socket every 1 hour...

 

[kony]

One thing I see a lot of people doing with laptops is trying to buy a
high spec performance-orientated laptop. It is like trying to build a
Formula One car from a truck.

While I too see a limited *need* for most people to get a
high performance notebook, it's quite easy to expect and get
one that performs as well as a desktop, you just don't end
up with decent runtime from the battery if the performance
is actually exploited (except, see below).

If you want a laptop just for simple tasks then a Cel-M 1.6GHz is more
than fast enough, but get enough RAM (I'd say at least 512MB). In my
experience it is RAM which really slows down PC speeds, not the CPU as
these days just about *any* CPU you can buy from retailers with recent
stocks is more than fast enough for simple tasks.

Most notebooks these days come with 512-1024MB, it tends to
be the hard drive (unless very large 7K2 RPM model) that is
the largest bottleneck for everyday use, if not the
interface- touchpad and less ergonomic keyboard.

Remember the more power-hungry your hardware (e.g. dual processors,
powerful graphics card) the faster a battery will run out. Which
defeats the point of a laptop, which is portability, if you need to
find a socket every 1 hour...

Most will run for at least 2 hours, even longer with the
cheaper laptops that have integrated video and smaller
screen (unless battery is similarly downsized). Even so, I
agree it's a shame they don't make laptops with a day's
worth of runtime inbetween charges instead of only enough
runtime to get you through till the next power outlet.