What is best laptop processor 2013
Best laptop to buy: Laptop Buying Guide 2013
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when you're looking to buy a laptop the
first thing you need to decide is how
much you want to spend and stick to it
there were three main types of laptop
budget mainstream and alter portable
each is progressively more expensive
budget laptops are great for general use
online and word processing but they can
be slow for more intensive tasks such as
video editing they also tend to be
heavier have worse quality screens and
more for no-frills look and feel the
more expensive models mainstream laptops
make the step up with bigger storage
capacities better processors and more
memory and a great all-rounders for
entertainment including photos and video
ultra pours a thin light and powerful
and tend to feature flash storage which
is faster but smaller than traditional
hard drives they're great for carrying
around and are getting cheaper all the
time but there's still an expensive
choice at the moment if you want to play
high-end games it's important to look
into what you're buying
very few laptops come with the ability
to play intensive games at decent
quality you'll have to splash out on a
more expensive model to get added
graphics support from Nvidia or AMD but
when you buy a new laptop the main
choice for many is whether you plump for
an Apple Mac running OS X or PC running
Windows 8 Google's Chrome OS is a new
alternative but it is a more limited
operating system than you get with a PC
or Mac if you've heard a bit about
Windows 8 the rumors are true it is a
fundamentally different way of using a
PC and it is better suited for touch
though it's perfectly usable with a
keyboard and trackpad the great thing
about Windows 8 is that many new PCs are
shipping with touchscreens and as well
as touch screens on traditional laptops
we're also seeing a whole load of new
hybrid designs with slide-out keyboards
as well as Windows 8 tablets with
detachable keyboards so what should you
look for inside your laptop in terms of
memory we recommend at least 4 gigabytes
that's plenty for pretty much all
computing tasks for your hard drive most
laptops are now shipping with at least
500 gigabytes of storage that's plenty
for lots of apps as well as music photos
and videos
the process is the hardest choice Intel
processors are the most common although
some laptops are available at AMD
processors Intel chips are the core i3
i5 and i7 we recommend you ignore any
older types of Intel processors such as
salon or Pentium and go straight for the
core i3
as you'd expect Core i5 is better and is
the best compromise of performance and
price we'd recommend koi 7 only if
you'll be attempting intensive tasks
such as video editing or gaming before
buying make sure you check out tech
videos top 25 laptops article for a
constantly updated list of the best
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