Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or just a casual user finding the perfect laptop requires thinking and informed decision making.
Walking into a computer store to buy a laptop should be like choosing a reliable partner. With many options available in the market navigating through the sea of specifications, features, and prices can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or just a casual user finding the perfect laptop requires thinking and informed decision making.
You went to the computer store to buy a laptop upon arriving at the store a store employee greeted you and he asked you what you wanted, and your reply to him was “I need a powerful laptop for work and probably gaming too” he recommends a laptop and when you looked at the laptop in detail you saw that the graphics card was something with MX and you thought it has a very good card, then you looked at the processor when you saw that the processor was i7 you said okay this is the laptop I was looking for. You didn’t even bother comparing prices in other stores because you were too impressed with the laptop and you went ahead and bought the laptop.
Upon reaching home and installing all the programs and games you need, you are disappointed by the performance on testing it out. The performance you get in games is very bad and the rendering times in programs take a long time but you still think you’re getting the best laptop you can get for this price — because you don’t know about laptops. You ask yourself, is the processor model of the laptop good, is the graphics card good, is the RAM capacity of the laptop enough — you don’t have the slightest idea and yet you could have bought a better laptop but you bought a weak laptop model that is not enough for you. And it’s not just these because you didn’t do price research from other stores you bought the laptop for more than its normal price.
So what should you do to avoid getting this same problem?
You need to know about processors, graphics cards, storage, and RAM components when it comes to computers. So, let’s explain the components to you;
Before we jump into what this article is about, here’s something that you need to know. If you have a budget and plan to buy a computer, desktop PCs that you can buy for the same price are more powerful than laptops. Because the engineering work of the components in laptops is more costly than desktops, as a result, laptops cost more than desktops, therefore, if you do not travel a lot and do not need to move the computer, building a computer is much more advantageous than buying a laptop.
That said, when you’re planning to buy a laptop, you need to decide the purpose you’re going to use the laptop. Let’s look at three cases; Gaming, Rendering, and Business.
So if you’re buying a laptop to play games, the most important component is the graphics card. The processor is an important component but you do not need an incredible processor — so put the focus more on the graphics card.
When you’re getting a laptop for rendering (editing videos and other productions), the processor is an important component —but you also need a good graphics card for these tasks.
