Processing power; 2) Touch or don’t touch; 3) Size considerations; 5) Graphics improvements; 6) OS inside; 7) Wireless capabilities.

a) __________ Size is one of the most important things to consider when shopping for a new laptop. If you plan on taking the laptop with you on the road frequently or will occasionally be ten or more hours away from an outlet, then you should be looking for a laptop with a screen size no larger than approximately 16 inches. Ultrabook™ systems are a category of smaller, thinner, and lighter models that frequent travelers and other mobility-inclined users favor. Laptops with 17-inch and larger screens are commonly referred to as desktop replacements. If you plan on keeping your new laptop in the same place for a majority of its useful life, then you’ll appreciate a larger screen.

b) __________ Today’s laptops use graphics hardware under the hood for more than just games; video processing, any 3D rendering, and other graphically intensive applications will tax the laptop’s graphics adapter. Modern graphics hardware is getting a significant upgrade that enables it to deliver about twice the performance of the 3rd Generation Core Processors, even running at a lower clock speed. But those who like to kick back and enjoy some gaming goodness will really notice the difference. You’ll be able to play at higher resolutions and enable more eye candy than you could before.

c) __________ The screen size you select will tend to limit your processor selection somewhat. Given the sophistication of today’s mobile processors, buying the most processing power you can afford may no longer be the sound advice it once was. Instead, you may opt for a more entry-level processor if you tend to use your laptop exclusively for Web browsing, basic multitasking, document viewing and editing, and if you only occasionally watch videos, do light photo editing, and play games. Features to look for include quad-cores, HyperThreading, Turbo Boost, higher clock speeds, larger caches, and more advanced graphics capabilities.

d) __________ Every laptop for sale today will feature built-in Wi-Fi. But Wi-Fi isn’t the only wireless technology to watch for. If you want an easy way to connect wireless peripherals and swap files, make sure your new laptop supports Bluetooth. Another wireless technology you may find in current laptops is called Wi-Fi Direct or Intel My Wi-Fi. This technology lets your laptop send and receive files to and from another Wi-Fi capable device, without needing a router to set up a connection first.

e) __________ More laptops are shipping with touchscreens, and those are actually a good way to navigate around Microsoft’s new Windows 8 Start screen. If you’re already using a Windows 8 computer and you find yourself spending a lot of time on the Start screen, then you may appreciate a laptop with a touchscreen interface. If you’re leaning toward a touch capable laptop, consider looking at convertible tablet models. Some of these let you detach the screen from the keyboard; while others let you rotate the screen 180 degrees and fold it flat against the keyboard.

f) __________ The operating system you choose for your laptop is going to have a major impact on your overall computing experience. Laptops available as we went to press include Apple’s Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows 7, and Windows 8. Google’s Chromebooks use the cloud-based Chrome OS, which consists largely of Google products, like Google Docs (for document, spreadsheet, and presentation creation and editing), YouTube for videos, Gmail for email, and more. The OS also supports built-in virus protection, and because the OS is cloud-based, it never slows down, like a local hardware-based OS.

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