Laptops & Notebooks

Laptops & Notebooks

Notebooks can be broadly divided into three classes, depending on the needs of the user: beginners, business and high-end segment. For most customers, an up to date notebook with an inexpensive basic specification is the way to go. These entry-level notebooks are available for an average of 250 to 350 pounds from manufacturers such as Asus or HP, and with their 15-inch screens they make powerful competitors for the small 10-inch netbooks from IBM/Lenovo, Samsung or Acer. There are few devices that have sold so well as laptops since the introduction of the Intel-Centrino processor. Security applications in business laptops go hand in hand with good build quality and high reliability, as well as long battery running times to increase mobility, with Toshiba being particularly well known in this area. There was a time when the small, expensive 13 to 14-inch laptops were conceived specifically for business use – but today they don't cost more than a midrange laptop. Finally, the multimedia segment, with its 17-inch screens, covers all those laptops which place their main emphasis on performance – fast processors, lots of RAM and powerful 3D graphics cards are required here above all, as shown by Alienware or MSI. In terms of performance, these expensive machines are almost comparable to desktop PCs.

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