Can you advise me how to buy a good laptop?

i'm going to buy a laptop.it's my first step soin a huge amount of information i've lost my way.


i need a portable laptop, high speed, good battery life. i need it for graduate aducation and i think for some gaming too. price 1000$


thanks for help.Can you advise me how to buy a good laptop?
The faster the proccessor doesnt really matter, what you want is something with a fast FSB. That is a front side bus. It's the speed at which the motherboard/components can communicate with the CPU. Id say, a 1.5-1.8GHz CPU, and a FSB of 1066, would be a whole helluva lot faster than a 2.19 with a 522/800 FSB.





Secondly, The more memory the better. Just for something with the evolving technologies out there, 512 would be recomended.





Thirdly, Hard drive. Most people who use a computer efficiently will never use more than 60 Gigabytes of space. So, id suggest a 60. If you need more, get an external drive, which i swear by them.





Screen size doesn't matter to me, personally, just a money hogger.





Everything else, would be what you want, EX. Onboard components, FireWire(IEEE 1394), USB 2.0, 10/100/1000 Ethernet NIC, 802.11N/B/G.. etc





Lastley, the battery. Try to stay away from NiHM. They seem to die quickly when there is a lot of charging involved.





Hope it helps. =] Have a grat day