Best laptop to buy - best value, best specifications, best looking, need some ideas? We provide some suggestions and guide to choosing a laptop.
Which laptop is the best for you? We find that the 2 question below can narrowing down your choices and make search easier:
1. What is the purpose of buying this laptop?
- School
- Work
- Out of Office use
- Mainstream Versatile use (desktop replacement)
- Games
2. Determine which of the following factor is most important to you when choosing the laptop:
- Price
- Performance ( Core i7 - High Performance, Core i5 - Main Stream, Core i3 & Dual Core - Basic)
- Form Factor & Battery Life
Below are some recommendations and links to laptops that we feel you can use, as a guide to narrow down your choice on our website, and acquiring a laptop that suits your purpose.
School Laptops:
If you use the laptop for school purpose (kids, children, uni students):
- For Kids (12 years and below) : we recommend start looking at
Netbooks due to the following reason: They are the cheapest type of portable solutions, small form factor for carry around (10.1"-12.1"), lightweight (less than 1.5kg) and usually has adequately long lasting battery life due to lower cpu performance & power consumption.
Price usually range from $300 to $500 which is maximum you should ever pay for kids laptop.
Recommended by Shopping Express: Asus Eee PC with 2GB Memory
- For Children (12 years to 18 years): We recommend start looking at
Basic Laptops - They use the more entry level AMD or Intel processors that have better performance than netbook, but not the fastest performer. They offer more power and provide bigger workspace for your needs if you find a netbook too small or too slow.
Size in this section varies (14 to 15.6") and will weight more than 2kg and less than 3kg
Price Range may range from $350 to around $900
Where you should start looking when:
Price is most important: Basic Laptops
Performance is most important: Versatile Laptops
Form Factor & Battery life is most important: Portable Laptops
When you want the best looking portable laptops: Ultrabooks
Recommended by Shopping Express: Asus X43U with 4GB Ram, Refurbished Toshiba Satellite C660
- Uni Students: We recommend start looking at:
Versatile Laptops - They are the mainstream type of laptops that fits everyday use, bit of work and play and there is little chance you will run into program in university that cannot run well on this range of laptops.
Where you should start looking when:
Price is most important: Basic Laptops
Performance is most important: Versatile Laptops
Form Factor & Battery life is most important: Portable Laptops
When you want the best looking portable laptops: Ultrabooks
Recommended by Shopping Express: Toshiba Satellite Pro Core i5, HP ProBook 4330 13", Asus X53E White, Lenovo Z570, Toshiba Z830 Ultrabook,
- Design & Graphic intensive users: We recommend start looking at:
Gaming Laptops - They usually comes with high performing Core i7 processors, masive memory, dedicated video graphics - things you look for to support your Photoshop software.
Where you should start looking when:
Price is most important: Versatile Laptops - with models that have dedicated video and add on extra laptop memory if needed.
Performance is most important: Gaming Laptops
Recommended by Shopping Express: Toshiba P870 , Asus N53SV with 16GB Ram, Refurbished Toshiba P750 6GB Ram 2GB Video
Work/Business Laptops:
Business users should start looking from:
Business Laptops - These laptops usually comes with Windows 7 Professional and has more business oriented features that other types of laptops.
Where you should start looking when:
Price is most important: Business Laptops with price lowest first in consideration
Reliabiliy is most important: HP EliteBook, HP ProBook, Toshiba Tecra, Toshiba Portege, Lenovo ThinkPad
Form Factor & Battery life is most important: Toshiba Portege Z830, HP Folio
Recommended by Shopping Express: HP ProBook 4530s, HP ProBook 5330M, HP Folio 13, Toshiba Portege Z830
What is the hottest business laptop on Sale now: HP ProBook 4530s A2N90PA
Gaming Laptops:
Gamers should look from:
Gaming Laptops - Featuring Core i5 and Core i7 with at least 1GB Dedicated Video, they go in all shapes and performance, with expensive models having SSD for maximum performance.
Where you should start looking when:
Price is most important: Lenovo IdeaPad Z570, Lenovo Y570, Toshiba P750 Core i7 (Refurbished)
Reliabiliy is most important: Asus G75VW , Asus G55VW, Asus R501VM, Asus N53SM, Asus N53SV, Toshiba P750, Toshiba P870, Toshiba P850
Recommended by Shopping Express: Asus G75VW - Ultimate Gaming Laptop, Asus G55VW, Toshiba P870, Toshiba P850
