Points to Consider While Buying a LaptopPosted by Arwind Sharma on February 15th, 2018 Laptops are convenient devices for their portable yet powerful nature. Buy laptops online from the comfort of your home using a Bajaj Finserv EMI Network Card by availing the latest laptop deals. Laptops have become an integral part of our lives. The laptop market gets flooded with new laptops with high-end features every year and the older ones tend to get obsolete. If you’re planning to buy a laptop on EMI, here are some of the things to keep in mind. What to Look for in a Good Laptop? When you buy laptops, decide what you would be mainly using them for.
Choosing According to Usage If you want a laptop for light use - for web surfing, social media, and email - you can make do with an entry-level Intel Core i3 processor and 2 or 4GB RAM, with around 250 to 500 GB HDD. You can also choose less expensive Apple MAC systems. A Chromebook with the lightweight Chrome OS, some basic applications installed on the system, and access to other apps in the cloud can be an ideal choice. A 12 to 14-inches screen would be adequate. For workhorse laptops that you also want to use as entertainment units, watching streaming media and lower-end gaming, you can choose systems with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processors with a standard GPU. You do need a lot of storage for your applications and faster processing speed; so look for 1TB HDD and 4GB to 8GB of RAM. For heavy-duty gaming laptops, you need high-end Apple Mac systems or Windows systems with Intel Core i7 7th Generation processors, with high-end GPUs and high-capacity graphics memory cards. Look for systems with 8GB and above DDR4 RAM and a hybrid storage system. These systems will have a smaller capacity (256GB or 500GB) SSD storage for applications that need blazing-fast data access and a 1TB SATA HDD for storing files and other applications. Other Points to Consider While Buying Laptops You are buying a machine that you want to use for some years down the line. So look for a good configuration, battery life, portability, and performance. You already looked at the processor, GPU, RAM, and storage requirements based on usage. Other factors to look for include:
Build Quality A laptop is meant for rough use; you will be keeping it in your laptop bags or backpacks, you will be pulling it out to use it in different environments like your home, your office, in coffee shops, in camping sites, while hiking, and so on. You don't want a fragile unit that will come off at the hinges after the first few uses. Check the laptop to build strength, the durability of the material used -- whether metal or plastic.
Battery Life Battery life depends on many factors apart from battery capacity. If you use the laptop for gaming or other demanding applications, if you use a touchscreen display, if you buy low-end laptops - all these can lower battery life. Test the system yourself or if you buy a laptop online, read reviews. Don’t just take the manufacturer’s assurance of “12 hours of continuous backup”. Ensure that you will get at least 5 to 7 hours of backup for your workhorse systems and more than 8 hours if you intend the system to meet more demanding usage. Remember that longer battery life can affect the form factor of the laptop and can make it heavier. Display
Other Features Look for at least two USB ports - one USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0. Bluetooth and Wifi capabilities HDMI connectivity, SD Card slots, and other such connectivity features are more or less standard now in the more expensive models. How Bajaj Finserv can Help? Regardless of the price, you can now buy a feature-loaded laptop with a Bajaj Finserv EMI Network Card, and pay the price in the form EMIs spread over 3-24 months. Use this card to buy online or visit one of your nearest stores that is a part of Bajaj Finserv’s vast network of 43,000+ stores spread all across the country. If you don’t want to avail the EMI Network Card, you can walk up to one of these partner's stores and avail EMI financing as well. They also have some customized pre-approved loan offers according to your specific needs. Like it? Share it!More by this author |