3 questions that you should ask yourself when buying a computer

Written by Jan:

A lot of users do not know lot about hardware characteristics. But when buying one, that is the most important thing to know. To know how good and fast computer we really need we first have to ask our self a few questions:

 

1. For what it will be used? Will we use it for office work, listening to music, watching movies, playing games or just for surfing on the web.

Computer characteristics, its quality and the price are proportionally. If it will be used for playing games, graphical forming, making of videos, or other things that need lot of memory and a good video card, than we have to look after better and more expensive computer.

In other cases mentioned above, for example quality of the video card (which is one of expensive components) is not so important. Also other components do not need to be so “good”. At your wish you must decide only for the hard drive, which is important if you want a lot of space.

 

2. Do i need a laptop or a desktop? Desktops are less expensive, while laptops are more expensive due to size.

Desktops are computers which we use on our desktops and are not mobile. Laptops are quite the opposite, we can use them where ever we want, because they are light weight and can be carried around. Before we decide what we need we have to look also from financial perspective.

Laptops are twice as expensive as desktops, which is very important. Try to figure it out what you really need.

 

3. How much money will we need for computer? Now days computers are getting cheaper and cheaper, but they are still worth a lot of sweat in the office to afford one, so we need to think it through very carefully.

Often it is better to buy a bit better and a bit expensive computer, so it is still good after a year or two. Why good? So programs and other tasks are performed without crashing or that your work is not slowed down by slow working system.

Technology is developing very fast, so what you buy today is tomorrow “old”. So you have to really think about what you really need.

But when buying a better computer you may get enthusiasm for new things like graphic designing etc.