Not everyone wants to spend too much on a brand new or top of the line laptop, fortunately there are many cheap laptops available. Wondering what the difference is between refurbished and recertified? Below will explain and offer some tips when buying these laptops. Refurbished Laptops These are practically better than new, usually a customer […]
Docking stations and port replicators both add connections and/or ports your laptop may not have built-in or have few of. They connect via USB or a special docking connection at the bottom or back of your laptop. Common features may include: Extra USB, Firewire, eSATA, and Ethernet connections VGA or DVI output to use larger […]
If you’re an engineer or graphic designer or specialize in digital content creation you will benefit from a workstation laptop. Many people use laptops as a convenience and rely on a desktop machine to handle the heavy duty graphics workstation type tasks since they can’t be beat if you require top end performance. Workstation class […]
The best part of having a laptop is the mobility, which of course requires battery power. There used to be different battery types used for laptops but these days laptops come with a Lithium Ion battery (also known as Li Ion or LiON) due to the higher energy density in smaller packages. Unfortunately there is […]
Laptop memory (otherwise known as RAM) is where programs reside while in use so having a good amount of it will help provide a good user experience with regards to how smooth applications and/or games will run. The more memory you have the less often the operating system will have to swap to a much […]