| Notebooks have emerged as a bare essential for the | | | | Likewise, PC Mark05 is taken as a yardstick to test |
| business executives who carry their work along with | | | | various components of notebooks such as hard-disk |
| themselves. Notebooks which are also known as | | | | general usage, multithreading, web-page rendering, file |
| laptops can facilitate the work process thereby | | | | decryption and 3D pixel shader. |
| saving substantial and valuable time. In short, it is | | | | Moreover, the battery back-up and wireless |
| used as tool of time management. | | | | connectivity can be tested using Battery Mark02 and |
| Owning a notebook is a dream of many, but since it | | | | QCheck as the benchmark. |
| is very expensive nobody buys it unless it is | | | | Finally, Vista Compatibility Check can be undertaken |
| indispensable to them. However, some people having | | | | to test if the notebooks have Vista-readiness. Under |
| shoe-string budget look for a good notebook. They | | | | this test, the performance of the laptops is assessed |
| are the ones who need detailed and comprehensive | | | | on the basis of Vista drivers and Vista upgradeability. |
| information on notebooks and laptops before they | | | | Features: |
| settle for one. | | | | When it comes to features, the list seems endless. |
| Basically, buying a notebook or laptop largely depends | | | | Some expensive notebooks have the most |
| upon the personal choice, specific requirement and | | | | advanced features such as built-in webcams, |
| social status of a person. Besides, different | | | | fingerprint readers, TPM and so on. So far as the |
| manufacturers are introducing notebooks of different | | | | features go, they can be divided into five different |
| look with a wide-range of features. However, some | | | | categories, such as: |
| notebooks are launched in the market to cater to a | | | | Physical - Screen size and weight of the notebook |
| particular segment of buyers keeping in mind of their | | | | Connectivity - Bluetooth version 1/2, infrared, MMC |
| specific needs. Accordingly, these laptops differ in | | | | reader, S-Video, DVI port, FireWire. The number and |
| flavor, class and quality. | | | | type of USB ports and PCMCIA slots. |
| Let`s take a look at the various types of notebooks | | | | Components - Type of optical drives, whether the |
| that are available in the market today. Keeping | | | | notebook has a DVD combo, a CD-RW or a |
| various factors in consideration the notebooks can be | | | | multi-recorder DVD-RW. The hard-drive capacity and |
| broadly divided into four major categories, such as: | | | | any additional component such as wireless optical |
| Budget laptops - Typically, these laptops cost around | | | | mouse or an MMC adapter. |
| US$ 1000 to $ 1200. | | | | Software - Software have always been an essential |
| Mid-range laptops - Notebooks of this category can | | | | part of the package. These include recovery CDs, |
| be found with a price-tag of about US$1200 to | | | | driver CDs, OSes, etc. |
| $1600. | | | | Protection - All types of protection available in a |
| Ultra-portable laptops - These light-weight laptops | | | | notebook, be it a finger-print reader, BIOS level HDD |
| ranges from US$1600 to $2200. | | | | protection, touch-pad lock, TPM, or even rescue |
| Laptops for the people with a class apart. With all the | | | | option available at the time of boot up. |
| standard and advanced features in these notebooks, | | | | Pricing and Warranty: |
| they cost above US$2200. | | | | All notebooks ranging from $1200 to $4500 offer |
| Performance test of laptops: | | | | warranty of 1 year and some laptops have the |
| Notebooks can be tested on the basis of certain | | | | option of additional extendable warranty. |
| benchmarks such as Multimedia content creation 2003 | | | | So, the above discussed comprehensive analysis and |
| and Business Winston 2002. These tests determine | | | | performance tests will definitely help those who are |
| the performance ability of different notebooks with | | | | planning to buy a laptop. |
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| Similarly, 3D Mark05 and 3D Mark06 are used as | | | | the author. However the author's name and all the |
| standards to measure the gaming and graphic | | | | URLs (links) mentioned in the article and biography |
| potential of different notebooks. | | | | must be kept. |