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I always cringe when I see people buying laptops in high street stores and know that they are wasting so much money on a laptop with features they will never use. It is sad to see sales representatives trying to sell you the most high-priced laptop you are willing to buy just to make the largest commission they can. Perhaps that's a failure in capitalism but it certainly doesn't mean that you need to fall for their tricks every time.

Selecting the perfect laptop for your needs need not be tricky provided you are aware of some of the fundamental factors effecting laptop efficiency. First of all let's talk about different brands of laptops. You might notice yourself being sold a Sony laptop over an Acer laptop and end up paying hundreds extra for the Sony even if the laptop's specifications are almost similar. Does this mean you have gotten a faster or more reliable laptop but going for the premium brand? Does it imply that by going with the finest brand you have gotten a faster and more dependable laptop? Unluckily no, well done you just spent a few hundred on a brand name. Only a few suppliers in the world make components for the laptops which are then bought by the laptop brands such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Sony etc and put together to be sold under their respective brand name. So next time you are looking to purchase a fresh laptop overlook the brands altogether. Instead, focus on the specifications of the laptop and if possible try them in the shop before buying.

Another major downside for a laptop buyers is either buying a laptop which is way too sophisticated for their needs or buying one which is lacking in performance and holds back the buyer from utilising the piece of technology as per their needs. For those of you looking only to use your laptop for surfing the net, chatting with friends, emails, office programs, and watching videos, the low-priced laptops on the market will have more then enough power for these needs. Simply select a laptop that looks nice, has enough hard drive space for your needs and forget about processor speed or graphics card performance. For those of you looking to play games on your laptop be ready to shell out a fortune for your laptop. The graphic card is the only vital component for a gaming laptop. By tradition laptops have awful graphics as manufacturers try to cut expenses so any gaming laptop will set you back at least £500 or $700. If you want to play games you might as well choose the laptop only on the graphics card that it has. Get the laptop with the most powerful graphic card in your budget and forget about the rest of the specifications as if the graphics card is powerful the rest of the system will be too. The easiest way to make sure the graphics card is powerful is to search the internet for reviews of the specific card that a laptop has as this will easily tell you kind of performance levels to expect in games.

My last word of advise will be to watch out for the popular little notebooks that are 10 inches or smaller. Typing on these is incredibly difficult as the keyboards are just so small. A lot of do not have a Microsoft Windows operating system you might be used to and therefore appear much economical but a lot less practical as a result. Finally watch out for their hard drive size as some cheaper models don't have a hard drive only a USB memory stick with 2-8GBs of space which will not be enough for the average user. Personally their substantially lower performance and identical price tag to inexpensive full sized laptops leaves me confused as to why anyone would buy them apart from for their little size making them very portable. According to me, laptops have become more of style statements than workable laptops.