what would call an ideal laptop (in terms of features)?

Answer 1

One that doesn' break after a year, has a numeric keypad on it, and lightScribe technology. So there. :)

Answer 2

It all depends on what you want from the laptop.

Want it for games? Then make sure its VGA card fully supports highly-demanding games.

Want it for business? Then make sure it comprises of all the ingredients of a handy portable computer. Some of these are:
1.Battery strength (The time it's operational before recharge. The longer, the better.)
2.Weight (The lighter, the better.)
3.Internet access (How can you possibly connect to the Internet using this laptop? Any pc supports dial-up and network card connections. Does your to-be laptop support wireless and/or wi-fi connections? The more ways of connecting, the better.)
4.Storage capacity. (A laptop with 80 GB wil be just fine and you won't need to buy a back-up HDD...at least not in the short run.)
5.Language support (Take a good look at the laptop's keyboard and ask yourself: Does it support your language?)
6.Updatabilty (Can you update its components after a while or should you just buy another one?)
7.Maintenance (Are spare parts for its components available and reachable or not?)

That would be all. Good luck.

Answer 3

The ideal laptop is different for each person. It is one that meets the individuals needs, both from an applications perspective and budgetary. If you only have $200 to spend then an older refurbished unit would work fine. If you are a gamer or a power user then the latest laptop with a very fast dual core CPU lots of RAM and a graphics chip for $4000 might be appropriate if your budget allows. I would stick with IBM and Toshiba, as they make the most robust and reliable laptops and have decent service.

Answer 4

The most fundamental features required in a laptop by most business users would be integrated wireless/bluetooth capability, long battery life, fast processor and relatively high amount of ram (usually at least 1GB).

After that, it just depends on what you want to do with it. I use my laptop for multimedia presentations and development, so in my particular case, I chose a 17" widescreen laptop with a 2.8GHz processor, 2GB ram, 100GB Hard Drive, and a 128MB ATI x600 video card (does not use shared memory), integrated wireless w/ Bluetooth, DVD+/- RW Combo drive with Dual Layer support and Windows XP Professional. My battery life is rather short, however, due to the larger screen and high end video card, which draws a considerable amount of power. However, I am most often near an outlet...so this is not as much of an issue for me, as between an outlet and spare battery, I am pretty well covered.

So, you'd really need to ask yourself what you intend to do with the laptop first, and then kind of decide from there.

Answer 5

Alienware was taken over by Dell but they are still doing their own thing. We have to wait for Windows Vista 2007 for personal laptops to be able to address more than 4GB RAM. One DVD video takes about 4.7GB, so I would recommend a computer that can address at least 8GB RAM. Currently the only home computers capable of addressing more than 4GB without your having to be a system programmer are MAC desktops. The 17" Macbook Pro can have 2GB RAM max. If you can't wait until beginning of 2007 I would recommend the MAC laptop.

Answer 6

You need to answer the following questions:
How much do you want to spend?
What are you going to be using the laptop for?
Who will be using it?
Do you need Microsoft Office software?

Based on my experience, the ideal laptop that will last you many years is the following:

1.6 ghz duo-core processor
1 gig ram (memory)
built in camera
bluetooth
wireless a/g card
60 gig hard drive
integrated broadband card
128 mg video card

I would be happy to help you with any questions you might have about laptops. I have connections with dell.

Answer 7

It really depends on what you need it for and how advanced your computer skills are. My ideal laptop is definitely something more portable, like a 12" screen (I have a laptop that's way too big and heavy). I don't play a lot of games or anything, so I wouldn't need a great graphics card... just enought to get me by. Plenty of space for storage of music and other files.

Answer 8

one that has a huge meomary is fast, cool to look at, last for 6 years or more, a lifestyle laptop, wireless like airport extreme, lost of software included, has bluetooth, a mac prefuably, long battery life at least six hours,something that suits you, that you like to use, your happy to use

probaly a intel-mac would suit most as you can have two os mac for everyday use and windows for the rarist occasion when a mac cant do it

Answer 9

a core quadrublo with 4tb of ram 1tb of vid running windows vista xi and direct x 10....000 in compatibility with everything ever+you need a purple ray and uhddvd writer :D

Answer 10

I have DELL XPS M140 laptop it is pretty good