How To Choose The Best Student Laptop?

How To Choose the Best Student Laptop?

Merchants are singing those three magic words again,'Back to School' and the fallout is everywhere!

Just as you're getting your deep dark pre-cancerous tangoing -- you hear those words -- and it spells the end of summer. Once again we are bombarded with advertising,featuring the latest in 'teen ware' 'school ware' and'metal detector ware'. Kidding!

Is it just me or does it seem this year there is a lot more 'Back to School' advertising for notebooks and laptops?They seem to be everywhere... on TV, radio, and online.

Laptop ads are everywhere. Why is this?

Well, notebooks have come down in price, they have become more affordable, even for the modest student. Laptops have also come down in size, making them ideal for that schoolnapsack, or dormroom. They have also become tougherand sturdier... better equipped to meet the hard/wear/tear that students give it.

With notebook technology changing every two years orso; notebooks can now handle most tasks students throw their way. These advanced notebooks can do the job. They also present a much stronger entertainment value to students, they can handle better graphics and gaming, but most students try to keep parents in the dark about this factor as they plead for a new laptop for college or school. All this pleading is further fueling the demand for laptops.

Then there is a little thing called the Internet. Throwin a wireless connection and the student laptop is coming into its own. Big Time!

The Internet has become a second teacher/parent/counselorto most students. God help us all! But it has also become a priceless source of the collective knowledge on this planet; frightening but true. The Internet is an invaluable source of knowledge for any high school/college student.

Not having ready access to all this knowledge and informationwill put any student at a disadvantage with his peers.It's a very competitive world, in high school, in college andin the future job market; every student should have an evenplaying field.

That's where the little notebook computer enters stage right!

Laptops or notebooks have quickly become a school necessity.When? How? Why?...

It's the perfect learning tool for students:

* very portable, you can carry them anywhere, class, cafe,dorm, Home...

* very convenient, you can take notes in class, type up assignments, print assignments, communicate Home, access the Internet...

* very tough, many newer notebooks are designed to withstand a good pounding and keep on computing, ruggerized for sturdy use...

* very powerful, notebooks or laptops are catching up to their desktop cousins in computing speed, hard drive storage andperformance...

* very affordable, prices have dropped and are falling even further, laptops are now outselling desktop PCs so this price will drop even further, there's a whole slew of used and refurbished laptops hitting the market...

If you're a parent, student, or guardian; here are some of the factors you should consider when buying the best student laptop or notebook:

* size, it must be small, lightweight and very portable, fit comfortably under the arm or in that backpack

* sturdy, it must be tou