It amazing to think that the first computers, were the size of large rooms and now they can fit in your lap. Recent developments in computer technology have allowed for the miniaturization of electronic components and as such smaller devices such as notebooks.
As notebooks are considerably smaller than their desktop counterparts, repairing and upgrading them is considerably more difficult.
The first components made for this purpose heavily conceded on performance in exchange for the reduced size, consumption of less power and emission of less heat. One of the first processors to be made for the notebook market was the Intel Celeron. Since then however manufacturing has improved and so has the technology means there is hardly any difference technically between laptops and desktops.
The choice between whether or not to purchase a laptop or a desktop now is more a matter of preference than it is about power. Personally I'd always go for the desktop but that's because I'm careless and couldn't stand the thought of losing it.
As this article is about notebooks I will try to inform you a bit more about what you should look out for when purchasing one, so you can decide which is the most appropriate for your use.
The processor is the brains of the laptop. This is the part of the PC that completes all the tasks you ask of it, whether it be using the calculator or watching a film. The speed of the processor is noted in terms of Hertz (Hz), basically a 2GHz processor performs twice as many tasks as a 1GHz processor in the same time.
The RAM is the part of the computer that feeds the processor its tasks. The more RAM you have the more tasks you can feed the processor at once.
Notebooks either have a dedicated graphics card or on-board graphics. I would advise trying to get a laptop with a dedicated graphics card purely because on-board graphics uses part of the RAM to operate whereas the dedicated graphics has its own separate memory to use. Now let me go back to my plate analogy, if we think of the on-board graphics as a smaller plate with someone else's food on it and placed it on our larger plate there would be much less room for us to place our food meaning I wouldn't be able to eat as much at once.
I hope I have made you a little more aware of notebooks and the pros and cons of them. Hopefully next time you pop into Currys you might be able to tell the sales guy a thing or two.
As notebooks are considerably smaller than their desktop counterparts, repairing and upgrading them is considerably more difficult.
The first components made for this purpose heavily conceded on performance in exchange for the reduced size, consumption of less power and emission of less heat. One of the first processors to be made for the notebook market was the Intel Celeron. Since then however manufacturing has improved and so has the technology means there is hardly any difference technically between laptops and desktops.
The choice between whether or not to purchase a laptop or a desktop now is more a matter of preference than it is about power. Personally I'd always go for the desktop but that's because I'm careless and couldn't stand the thought of losing it.
As this article is about notebooks I will try to inform you a bit more about what you should look out for when purchasing one, so you can decide which is the most appropriate for your use.
The processor is the brains of the laptop. This is the part of the PC that completes all the tasks you ask of it, whether it be using the calculator or watching a film. The speed of the processor is noted in terms of Hertz (Hz), basically a 2GHz processor performs twice as many tasks as a 1GHz processor in the same time.
The RAM is the part of the computer that feeds the processor its tasks. The more RAM you have the more tasks you can feed the processor at once.
Notebooks either have a dedicated graphics card or on-board graphics. I would advise trying to get a laptop with a dedicated graphics card purely because on-board graphics uses part of the RAM to operate whereas the dedicated graphics has its own separate memory to use. Now let me go back to my plate analogy, if we think of the on-board graphics as a smaller plate with someone else's food on it and placed it on our larger plate there would be much less room for us to place our food meaning I wouldn't be able to eat as much at once.
I hope I have made you a little more aware of notebooks and the pros and cons of them. Hopefully next time you pop into Currys you might be able to tell the sales guy a thing or two.
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Andrew Johnson is an expert in computer products. If you would like more information about varieties of notebooks or are searching for a trusted computer retailer please visit http://www.ebuyer.com