Laptops are exactly the same computers as desktops but much smaller in size. Back in the days laptops were very expensive and much slower than desktops, therefore not too many people had one. However, this has changed a lot over the past few years, and laptops are becoming very common. Laptops have become much cheaper, and much faster, being able to compete with desktop in speed and price. Because of this, a lot of people have actually switched their desktops for laptops. And with wireless Internet now being very cheap, you can have your laptop hocked to the Internet, without having any cords while being anywhere in your house. You can browse the Internet while sitting in your comfortable couch in front of the TV.

The same thing that counts for desktops and all computer parts, counts for laptops too. Do not buy top of the line laptop. Always aim for the lasts year laptop model which still has great performances, but the price that is much more affordable.

Here are a few tips for buying a laptop:

- If you'll use your laptop only for word, surfing the Internet, or similar simple tasks, even the slowest of today's laptops will do a fine job. However, make sure you get a Hard Disk of  least 20-30GB of space.

- Even though the 256MB is common in laptops today, try getting 512MB or ram. It will considerably increase your laptop's performances.

- Try getting an optical writable drive. CD-RW is very common today, but if you can, get a DVD-RW that supports DVD-R and DVD+R media.