| Notebooks have emerged as a bare essential | | | | web-page rendering, file decryption and 3D |
| for the business executives who carry their | | | | pixel shader. |
| work along with themselves. Notebooks which | | | | |
| are also known as laptops can facilitate the | | | | Moreover, the battery back-up and wireless |
| work process thereby saving substantial and | | | | connectivity can be tested using Battery |
| valuable time. In short, it is used as tool | | | | Mark02 and QCheck as the benchmark. |
| of time management. | | | | |
| | | | Finally, Vista Compatibility Check can be |
| Owning a notebook is a dream of many, but | | | | undertaken to test if the notebooks have |
| since it is very expensive nobody buys it | | | | Vista-readiness. Under this test, the |
| unless it is indispensable to them. However, | | | | performance of the laptops is assessed on the |
| some people having shoe-string budget look | | | | basis of Vista drivers and Vista |
| for a good notebook. They are the ones who | | | | upgradeability. |
| need detailed and comprehensive information | | | | |
| on notebooks and laptops before they settle | | | | Features: |
| for one. | | | | |
| | | | When it comes to features, the list seems |
| Basically, buying a notebook or laptop | | | | endless. Some expensive notebooks have the |
| largely depends upon the personal choice, | | | | most advanced features such as built-in |
| specific requirement and social status of a | | | | webcams, fingerprint readers, TPM and so on. |
| person. Besides, different manufacturers are | | | | So far as the features go, they can be |
| introducing notebooks of different look with | | | | divided into five different categories, such |
| a wide-range of features. However, some | | | | as: |
| notebooks are launched in the market to cater | | | | |
| to a particular segment of buyers keeping in | | | | Physical - Screen size and weight of the |
| mind of their specific needs. Accordingly, | | | | notebook |
| these laptops differ in flavor, class and | | | | |
| quality. | | | | Connectivity - Bluetooth version 1/2, |
| | | | infrared, MMC reader, S-Video, DVI port, |
| Let`s take a look at the various types of | | | | FireWire. The number and type of USB ports |
| notebooks that are available in the market | | | | and PCMCIA slots. |
| today. Keeping various factors in | | | | |
| consideration the notebooks can be broadly | | | | Components - Type of optical drives, whether |
| divided into four major categories, such as: | | | | the notebook has a DVD combo, a CD-RW or a |
| | | | multi-recorder DVD-RW. The hard-drive |
| Budget laptops - Typically, these laptops | | | | capacity and any additional component such as |
| cost around US$ 1000 to $ 1200. | | | | wireless optical mouse or an MMC adapter. |
| | | | |
| Mid-range laptops - Notebooks of this | | | | Software - Software have always been an |
| category can be found with a price-tag of | | | | essential part of the package. These include |
| about US$1200 to $1600. | | | | recovery CDs, driver CDs, OSes, etc. |
| | | | |
| Ultra-portable laptops - These light-weight | | | | Protection - All types of protection |
| laptops ranges from US$1600 to $2200. | | | | available in a notebook, be it a finger-print |
| | | | reader, BIOS level HDD protection, touch-pad |
| Laptops for the people with a class apart. | | | | lock, TPM, or even rescue option available at |
| With all the standard and advanced features | | | | the time of boot up. |
| in these notebooks, they cost above US$2200. | | | | |
| | | | Pricing and Warranty: |
| Performance test of laptops: | | | | |
| | | | All notebooks ranging from $1200 to $4500 |
| Notebooks can be tested on the basis of | | | | offer warranty of 1 year and some laptops |
| certain benchmarks such as Multimedia content | | | | have the option of additional extendable |
| creation 2003 and Business Winston 2002. | | | | warranty. |
| These tests determine the performance ability | | | | |
| of different notebooks with regard to regular | | | | So, the above discussed comprehensive |
| productivity applications and multimedia | | | | analysis and performance tests will |
| content application. | | | | definitely help those who are planning to buy |
| | | | a laptop. |
| Similarly, 3D Mark05 and 3D Mark06 are used | | | | |
| as standards to measure the gaming and | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can |
| graphic potential of different notebooks. | | | | be distributed without any previous |
| | | | authorization from the author. However the |
| Likewise, PC Mark05 is taken as a yardstick | | | | author's name and all the URLs (links) |
| to test various components of notebooks such | | | | mentioned in the article and biography must |
| as hard-disk general usage, multithreading, | | | | be kept. |