What Kind of Laptop is Right for Me?

What Kind of Laptop is Right for Me?

9.streaming video

Streaming is a technology for playing audio and video files (either live or pre-recorded) from a

Web page. A user can view the audio or video files directly from the Web server for immediate

playback. In terms of systems requirements a 200 MHz CPU, 32MB RAM, a browser, at least

56K modem, although DSL or cable are much faster. So, most older laptops can support

streaming video.

10.on-line shopping

This in essence is just like browsing the web. You should have at least 128MB. The CPU is not as

important as your connection speed (56K modem is much slower than DSL or Cable).

11.a database application or personal finance

Simple database applications like Goldmine or other sales applications do not usally need much in

the way of CPU or Hard Drive space. Again check the Minimum Systems Requirments of your

application. A very complex or large database (like Quickbooks) might need a large hard drive

and a very fast CPU.

Next figure out how you will be connecting to the Internet. One way that people have connected

to the Internet over the years is via a modem. Laptops have either a built-in modem connection

or modem card that has been added to the laptop. Modems today are typically 56K.

A much faster method of connection is via either cable or DSL. In this case you need an Ethernet

card and an Ethernet cable to connect the laptop to the DSL modem or the cable modem. In

some cases routers have been installed that connect to the DSL modem or the cable modem and

then to the ethernet connection on the laptop.

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