Choosing Guide Notebook

Notebook or a laptop cooler is an excellent product that many people began to rage in the last 2 years. Notebook is now not only used by the fathers or mothers to work, but also students and even the children to play or do chores. What factors should be considered when we will choose the notebook? Then, after we have them, these tips are needed for our notebooks 'long life'?
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Notebook was found by John Osborne in 1980, weighed 13 kg with 5-inch screen size. Now, have produced a lot of notebooks weighing less than 2 kg and the screen size varies between 11-17 inches. In addition to incorporating various technologies, the notebook appears more complete with attractive features. We could watch TV (with connecting to the TV antenna), listening to music, watching VCDs / DVDs, access the Internet (by utilizing Wi-Fi feature), some are even equipped with a camera feature.

The factors that need to be taken into consideration when going to choose notebook:

1. Weights and casing
The ideal weight limits are 1.6 to 2.2 kg, and related to the size of the screen. Notebook with a weight below 2.2 kg has a 12-13 inch screen size with a resolution 1280x800pixel, and it was the same as notebook size 14-15 inches. Casing material most often used is a plastic polymer (such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) as a mild, but not a good conductor of heat. Notebook upper middle class using the case of alloy materials such as magnesium alloy. This material is stronger and distribute heat to all areas with a better chassis.

2. Processor
If mapped, this time there are 5 major groups that are used notebook processor. The three largest groups is an Intel dual-core version, the generation Yonah (Core Duo official name T2xxx), Merom (Core 2 Duo T5xxx and T7xxx), and Santa Rosa (Core 2 Duo with x T7xxx even number). Two more groups are processot notebook that uses low-end, the AMD Sempron and Intel Celeron. Excellence Core 2 Duo processor has the performance and power usage management better, so more quickly and cost-effective electricity. While AMD Sempron processor and Celeron are cheaper but also not a bad performance, was able to run standard applications such as Office or browsing.

3. Memory Capacity
If not a lot of data to be stored in notebooks, memory capacity is 512 MB. But if we are interested in using Windows Vista, we recommend using 1 GB of memory capacity.

4. Supporting Facilities
Facilities most often used in notebooks are WiFi, Bluetooth, card reader, and DVD writer. Other facilities are also to be variable is the price of the operating system, Windows Vista Ultimate for $ 393, Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium for $ 150-300, the Windows XP Home Edition for Rp. 700 thousand. Or can also glance at the latest versions of Linux with Ubuntu.

Notebook so that we are always in good shape and live longer, the following tips on caring for the notebook:

Notebook 1.Selalu enter into a special bag for notebooks will be used when traveling.
Notebook 2.Bersihkan body surface regularly with non-alkaline detergent mixed with water. For the screen, use a glass cleaning fluid and do not press the screen too hard. As for the keyboard, use a brush to sweep the sidelines of a button to remove dirt.
3.Jangan placed a heavy burden on the notebook, because the pressure at the top of the notebook can cause permanent scratches on the screen.
Notebook 4.Jangan left in a car parked in the sun. Excessive heat in the car can cause damage to the components of the notebook.
5.Saat using the notebook, avoid put it on a soft surface, such as sofas, beds, or carpets. It could hamper the flow of air at the bottom of the notebook and can cause heat (overheating).
6.Untuk protect the data in the hard disk, do not put the notebook around items that contain magnets or electromagnetic field strength, such as mobile phones or TV. If we want to access the internet using the phone's infrared facilities, place the phone within a distance of about 15 cm from the notebook.


Joan Mady
Adapted from various sources:
Bonus Femina No. 31 / XXXV on 2-8 August 2007
InfoKomputer November 2007