Do tell me if there are still other important factor/specs to
look for when purchasing notebook if you know of any! really
appreciate it thanks!
Since latercomer did most of explained most of the terms
to you. I shall answer this unanswered question.
Price factor:
THe cost of an higher-lower end laptop nowadays is
about $1600 to about $1800. Although there are a few exceptions
from certain brands selling it at a lower cost of $1.2k to 1.3k.
The lower end ones are normally selling for sub $1000 prices.
Before committing to one, it's best to check the specs carefully.
Do also check the freebies given, the dealer and the brand
reliability, opinions, how long has the product been on the market.
These few factors decide the pricings of the laptop.
There is a tendacy for an average consumer to go "woo ah" over
freebies given from buying of the laptop. Things like a free
printer, 8gb thumb drive ect.
Free gifts
From a harvey norman dealer: " These factors are countered in
the selling price of the laptop, and the price of laptop is marked
up due to the FREE gifts. so you are actually
buying the free gifts indirectly
Brand
reliability
This factor is quite hard to tell. However information is easily
available on the net
A few notebook brands to name:
Specs:
Average spec ($999 to
$1400)
Core2 duo, 1.6ghz / Amd Turion 64x2 TL58
512mb to 1.5gb or 2gb ram 667 mhz
802.11a/b/g/ 802.11a/b/g/n
80gb to 100gb hdd 5400rpm
Card reader (most laptops of this spec has them)
Bluetooth (most laptops do have them too)
Intel integrated x3100 graphics card
Os: vista home basic/ business
Higher-lower end
spec
Core 2 duo 1.8ghz to 2.0ghz/ Turion 64x2 Tl62
2gb to 4gb ram 667mhz
802.11a/b/g/n
120gb to 160gb hdd 5400rpm
card reader
bluetooth
Dedicated graphics from ATI/ Nividia. At least 128mb
Os: vista home premium/ business
Higher end
spec
Core 2 duo 2.2ghz to 2.6ghz/
3gb to 4gb ram 667mhz
802.11a/b/g/n
120gb to 160gb hdd 5400rpm
card reader
bluetooth
Dedicated graphics from ATI/ Nividia. above128mb
Os: vista home premium/ business/ultimate
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The specs of the Average line might seem impressive. ( i agree
it does)
However, vista requires a higher spec pc for it to run smoothly.
Thus you can see the variations of operating systems offered in
different ends
Acer (an exception) offers a lower higher end variant of it's
laptops at cheap and attractive prices. if you are constrained
budget wise, you can go for that however it is not reccommended
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