How to choose the best laptop/pc for your needs + Excercise 3.2.

Nowadays everyone needs a computer/laptop, but they all need it for different reason, Some people need it for profession so they'd need it for like publication and stuff, others may need it for Gaming or anything else... So how do you decide which Laptop/Computer is best for you? You would have to look at the features of the computer of the laptop, so features like the :

• What the Device includes : - LCD at Screen, DVDRW, Webcam, Touch sensative screen.#
• Hard Disk Drive (HDD) size - Multimedia via Video, Images, graphics and MP3 Audio.
• Performance - Processor Speed, e.g. 1.66GHZ and Size of Ram (Random Acces memory) E.g. 4GB.
• Connectivity - The range of the phiperical equipment the computer can connect to through its interfaces such as USB/HDMI, Wi-fi, Bluetooth.
• Future Proofing - You do not want to buy something that will be out of date and unuseable very quickly.
• Upgradablilty - The games you may want to play may need a faster processor or you may need a larger hard disk drive; you needs to be able to upgrade easily as it would be too expensive to keep buying new computers.
• Support - You may need help with setting up and using his devices, or they may break down and need repairing, you should check with friends, magazines and on the internet which suppliers offer the best support.

Task 3.2

"Jamie will be able to use media player software on his laptop to listen to the MP3 music files he has downloaded. He could, however, buy a portable media player such as an iPod, Microsoft Zune or one of the many others on the market."

The advantages of buying a media player like the ones listed above are that they are all from trusted company's, The iPod is made by Apple