How To Choose the Right Laptop for College

In 2012, many laptops are cheaper than before. Some innovations in technology made them easier to carry around. With their long battery life and high level of portability, many of the new laptop models became very demanded.

Today, most of the universities and colleges require from you to carry a laptop in your studies, especially if you are in such a speciality connected with information technologies. If you don't own a laptop, you should really get one, especially if you are about to study abroad. You will always need a laptop or at least a small notebook. So forget about the old desktop machines and look around for the best laptop for college work. The next few paragraphs may help you a lot in choosing the perfect solution.

Firstly, a laptop for university shouldn't be larger than 15.6". Even the 15 inch screen is larger than the necessary. If you are about to carry around your laptop at school, why not to pick up a portable one - such is the 13 inch.

Remember that if you need a larger screen for some purposes, you can always purchase a huge (23" plus) external monitor and connect it to any notebook device.

Another very important criteria is the battery life, because in college it may not be the right time to put your laptop for charging while having some studies at the same time. Most manufacturers don't pay enough attention to the battery performance. Apple notebooks, for example, have the best battery performance on the market these days. Some other great manufacturers are Asus, Acer, Sony and HP. So before purchasing a laptop for university, make sure that the battery is strong enough.

It is very important what are you going to use your laptop for and what is your budget. At college it is more likely not to play a lot of games. If you don't have a large budget you can save some money from the external graphics card, while choosing a laptop with an integrated one (such is Intel graphics card). Also very important parts of the hardware are the CPU and RAM. Again - if you are not willing to overwhelm your laptop with hard processes and you want to save some money, just choose low-performance hardware. Low-performance hardware will also save a lot of battery while working.

But if you are going to run heavy processes - such as 3D rendering, video rendering, video games, etc. - make sure to select a laptop with high performance. Hard disk is also important. The new SSD (Solid-State drive) technology is way faster than the old HDDs. For better performance choose SSD.

Before purchasing a laptop for university check for student discounts on laptops or any other price reduction, either in the local store or global online shopping websites.