How to Choose and Buy a Netbook
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For more than a year, the netbooks, or mini-laptops, have invaded the departments of Electronics: there are many models and choose one is often difficult. With this guide, I propose to help you in choosing the netbook that more reflects your needs.
Instructions
1.First, what does “netbook” and how is it different from a notebook? The first difference is the cost: there is no more expensive 400 euro netbook, except for some rare exceptions. This is because the internal hardware, that is what is inside the PC, is not particularly expensive. This does not mean that a netbook is the second choice, but that producers are able to contain costs. Another detail is the lack of CD and DVD.
2.What is a Netbook? Serves those who need a laptop with you at all, allowing you to surf the Internet and doing simple tasks, like listening to music, write a letter or pin up a few notes. Not necessarily, however, that a netbook that fails to do anything, in fact. That said, you’ve probably realized that it is not convenient to buy your first PC as a netbook even if it is to be used for many hours a day and maybe more than one person.
3.At this point, we look at the size: the netbook are, by now, all 10 “, that is about 25 inches diagonal (with some exceptions, 9″ and 11 “). The standard resolution for a netbook 10 “is 1024×600, that is 1024 pixels in length and 600 in height, which will determine the space available. Not expedient to choose (assuming they are still) netbook 848×400 pixel resolution, because this will affect a lot about the visibility of web pages. Assuming that the standard resolution is 1024×600 for a 10 “, to have this resolution on a screen 9″ mean pixels closer together, and then written smaller.
Now let’s see the components. Regarding the keyboard, please make sure that the keys are not too close together, to write comfortably, especially if you take a 9 “.
Touchpad: If you have an external mouse, you use the touchpad, which must be tailored to the needs of your fingers, the better, so if two separate buttons for left and right mouse clicks.
Surface: a surface gloss is aesthetically beautiful, but will be subject to fingerprints and scratches. Remember this!
Battery: here we go into an important.
subject: Many people choose a Netbook computer for a lightweight and versatile, to wear with them. Therefore, it must necessarily have a decent battery life. Obviously, however, a battery with higher capacity would also affect the weight of the laptop. The autonomy depends screen brightness, CPU usage, devices or switched off, etc..
Weight: It is very important since the netbook devices are very small and delicate, and are generally a “lightweight”. In any event, even on their weight affects battery capacity and materials used.
Price: It is true that the same Hardware and internal components, you should take the lowest price. There are also differences of 50 euros, but does not mean that it is more convenient. Even brands affect a lot, trust brands that also make for Personal Computer Hardware, rather than brands which are household appliances. Inside every computer, every piece is a brand and quality, so you should ask: “Why, the same Hardware, is this difference in price? “. Clearly, the difference is these internal components. Better, then, choose a functional product. Maybe take a few days for the choice and see reviews of other users on the various netbooks.
Now we come to the hardware.
Hard drive: you’ll find two types of hard disks: SSD or standard (magnetic). What does this mean? SSD = “solid state disk, a disc created with the flash-like those of penne, without an actual disk inside. The disc is the classic standard laptops, but put into a Netbook. Has a magnetic disk inside and must be well protected.
The difference is that in the SSD drive will have less space (8, 16, 32, 64 Gb) and you can torture your netbook without the disk affected; in the magnetic disk will have about 160 Gb and you feel a bit ‘more attentive to so that the head that reads the magnetic disk does not fatigue, avoid sudden vibration or turn the PC like a phone.
RAM: 1 GB is usually sufficient for those who does not do multitasking, that is either surfing or listening to music, or writing a letter, and does all three things together. If you want to do more things at once, you can consider upgrading to 2 GB of RAM, will cost about 30-40 euros in the shops.
Processor: Intel Atom looking, or AMD Neo. Obviously the more the new processor, has more power, but the higher the frequency, consumes more battery. Typically, the frequency is 1.6 GHz
Wi-Fi: The current standards are 802.11b and 802.11g. The form will only work if you browse the 802.11n Wi-Fi in an area with a router designed for the standard, which is still faster than the other two.
Bluetooth: Look for the version 2.0 or 2.1, for maximum compatibility and speed with various devices.
Operating system: if it is still, Linux saves something because it is free while Windows XP is preinstalled. Obviously, a percentage of the final price goes to Microsoft, but it is useless to say that Linux is an operating system very different, which may confuse the average user.
Games: the netbook game are still very few.You will need to seek a netbook components that have Nvidia or ATI, graphics card manufacturers. Note that this requires a processor that height and will not be like playing on a PC disk, both in terms of temperature performance.
Programs: the netbook for programs not arise very complex, but are evolving over time has come to be compared to actual notebook. In fact, do not be afraid to install programs a bit heavier if you do not need 3D graphics, this is just to wait a few seconds more when the program starts. For the rest, able to touch up your photos even if you’re away from your PC fixed. In addition, programs optimized for the free, lightweight netbook are as easy as searching on the Internet.
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