good evening accessindia! please do note, that the views i'm gonna share here in this email, are my personal opinions ( no monopoly, so dont sue me for anything *smiles*)
when buying a laptop, i'd say, always go for the best configuration and make the list of hardwares you seriously will be useing. ( why pay extra 500 rupees for a webcam which, you rairly ever use? ) my pick for a best hardware configuration will be hp. it is so, because of the heat management system used in hp. here, i'd like to tell u, that AMD processors are way, way faster then intel. but they are loosing only in 1 field, " heating problams" anyways, so the point is, more heat, can slow down your over all processing speed, so keep that in mind. dell's do not have many service centers in india, and + if going for dell, go for the latitude series, and not the inspire i, my self is useing compaq desktop from last 9 years and, get surprised, its still working i, here do not have any specific model number to tell you, but please note down the following important points if buying a laptop. if you can spend up to rupees 55000 and spend some time to research, you may get the latest, and the best configuration according to the modern technology. also, remember, if you go to a shop and provide your specifications, some models are also not known to the vender. in such cases, he'd go like, " your cconfigurations are of high standards, and are not found in this budget range" so, always, surely, check with 2/3 venders before getting to final selection. following things can be expected in a good, fast, reliable, accessible, friendly laptop. processor : 2.0 ghz intel, cor 2 duo. ( ghz == giga hurts) just for the information, a 2.0 ghz processer, can perform around nearly 20000000 calculations per second ( pretty fast already, huh?) 1/2 gv of ram, depending on your use. (big applications, such as OCR's ( text to speech softwares like Kurzweil 1000 needs good memory. so if you are going to scan books etc, go for bigger ram) info: o c r== optical character recognition ( used in all softwares which scans books to read to you) lanecard, and lane port. ( this is very useful if you are connecting from a dsl, or have networking environment in office) bluetuth ( good for transferring data to and from other devices if needed) wireless card ( make sure that your laptop can connect to wireless networks) USB ports ( 2 and above are better ) info: USB == universal serial buss. check if your laptop have microphone in build ( some do, some do not. so its better to check) also, check if your laptop have firewire port ( video out ports, in simple words, can your laptop connect to the projectors and other display devices for presentations? ) exact specifications such as dimensions, thickness, wate and screen size. ( always good to keep the info) size of hard drive ( according to use. a normal person can do pretty good with around 120 gb) rpm's/ rotations per minit of the hardDrive ( the faster the rpm, the better the data retrieval rate) card reader dvd- combo drive, ( using which, you can read, write both cd's and dvd's. ) some details of the speakers are good to know. before submitting your request to your office ( if they are going to buy u the laptop) contact 2/3 local vender and provide him with your specifications, they may be of a good help to you. contact number of the support desk, in case you need help with anything while your laptop is in guaranty period. also, starting with new laptop, try not to install softwares in the same drive in which your operating system is installed ( good for better access time and faster booting speeds) remember, the life of any computer is its ram and processor. they are also most expensive, but most important. if you need any more help please feel free to contact email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with regards and good luck with the new machines, ruchir. -- As long as forever, I will stay by your side, I'll be your companion, Your friend and your guide!!! Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
