| I can only tell you about my experience from | | | | easier than you would think). The other alternative |
| switching to a Laptop. I now have the ability to | | | | is to pay a shop to install it for you but this can |
| move from room to room in my house while | | | | be very expensive. |
| carrying my laptop with me, instead of being | | | | The other issue I have had with my laptop is the |
| stuck in a room for hours on end with my PC. My | | | | storage capacity (Hard Drive size) as I take a lot |
| Laptop is wireless which is great because I can | | | | of photos, video, audio and this type of media can |
| connect to the Internet from any room, even the | | | | be very large in size. To solve this problem I have |
| garden. | | | | invested in an external HD (High Definition) hard |
| Also, there are many places where you can take | | | | drive media player. |
| your laptop that offer wireless internet access | | | | Not only does it have 1TB (Terabyte) of storage, |
| free, cafe's, restaurants, and even at holiday | | | | but I can connect it to my Television and play |
| locations. So you can sit with you coffee and | | | | any home video or movie, and view my |
| carrot cake surfing the internet or doing your | | | | photographs on the big screen in HD (High |
| homework. | | | | Definition). I bought this on E Bay, just type in |
| There is the issue of not being able to upgrade a | | | | External Hard Drive 1TB and have a look, the |
| laptop but that's not strictly true - you can | | | | prices are very reasonable. |
| upgrade your Memory (RAM). So, for instance if | | | | If I could change or improve anything about my |
| you currently have 1GB (Gigabyte) of memory | | | | laptop it would be: |
| and your laptop is running a bit slow you can | | | | - Screen Glare - If you are outside or sitting next |
| purchase more, install it yourself and hey presto. | | | | to a window it's very difficult to see the screen |
| To find out how much memory your laptop can | | | | - Battery Life - Can never be long enough for me! |
| upgrade to go to a website called crucial scan. | | | | - Weight - mine is too heavy! |
| There you can run a scan and they will tell you | | | | My best advice is to think long term, computer |
| how much more memory you can get, what | | | | technology changes so quickly. So if you're |
| type you need to purchase, how much it costs | | | | thinking of investing in a laptop I hope this helps. |
| and where to purchase it. I know what you're | | | | Remember, buy the very best you can within |
| thinking it's too difficult to install memory but you | | | | your budget. By that I mean go for one that has, |
| would be surprised to find out just how easy it is. | | | | a large hard drive, lots of memory (Ram), is |
| There are excellent video tutorials on YouTube | | | | lightweight, and has a long battery life. |
| that goes through it step by step (it's much | | | | |