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In the world today, going to school without a computer (preferably a laptop), could be likened to going to the farm without farming tools. This is because irrespective of the cause that you are studying, you would be giving a lot of assignments that would require you to use your computer for research, put together the assignment and submit the assignment. While getting a desktop computer is an option, getting a laptop has more benefits. The fact that you can easily move it implying you can take it to the class, libraries, home, and to any other place you might need it or want to take it to, is vital. There is also the fact that laptops come with batteries that can save power that you can use for hours as opposed to desktops that you might have to support with a UPS and still be very limited in how much time you can use it without light. If you want to buy a laptop to use in college, here are some factors that you might want to consider.

What you want to use the laptop for

The first thing you would want to consider when you want to buy a laptop for college is what you want to use the computer for. This is important because computers come with different configurations and specifications. Different things you will want to use the laptop for will determine what specs you should go for. For instance, if you are in the Social Sciences and you are strictly going to use the laptop for schoolwork, you must not get a laptop with a lot of space and RAM compared to if you intend to play heavy games with the laptop during your free time or if you are a movie lover. If you love watching movies, you will want to collect movies regularly from your friends and this would take up a lot of space on your computer. The same applies to if you want to download all the videos of your lectures to your computer as there are schools that upload videos of tutorials that the students can download from their portal. Hence, while a 200 GB hard disk should be comfortable for installing basic software you need to surf the internet, type, and do your assignment, you will need at least 500 GB hard disk space to copy movies into.

For game lovers and depending on the type of game they love to play, they might require a computer with dedicated RAM for graphics and a high-resolution screen. What you want to use the laptop for apart from determining the specifications of the computer you need to get will also determine the types of software that you will install in the computer. Some types of software also have their minimum specifications that you will have to consider when buying your laptop.

Your budget

The next thing you will need to consider is your budget. If money was not a problem, everybody … Read More..