What are the basic points to purchase a laptop

[ethanji]

Hello,
I am going to purchase a new dell laptop, so what are the basic points that should be kept in mind while purchasing it??
I am purchasig this laptop for the general purpose use at my home.
So, please give me some suggestions...

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Personally, there are just two things to be mindful of for me: SSD and IPS!
Everything else is secondary and for home use most things will work fine anyway and the ssd would be the biggest bottleneck IMO.

 

[ethanji]

Ya thanks for that info...

 

[Zeutrinox]

My personal important points are
• Size of HDD or SSD
• Graphic card/VRAM (the higher the better!)
• Keyboard backlit
• Screen resolution (the higher the better!)
• Is there ODD? Do you actually need one?
• Processor

 

[DelJo63]

Laptop implies portability and that leads IMO directly to weight and battery life (and the ability to tune power usage).
It also would exclude IMO, all AMD processors for excessive power & heat.

 

[jackgre52565816]

Core proccessors definetly but you need a good video card driver for gaming etc

 

[stonarda]

Not all AMD processors, the APU's are very good I hear!

 

[bajinglumpat]

Well the most important thing is definitely battery life. What's the point having a mobile computer IF it can't stay mobile enough?