- Processor (CPU) – it undertakes millions of operations per second and it is not necessary to own the fastest chip but the latest technology will make wonders happen for your laptop. The popular manufacturers are Intel and AMD.

- Memory (RAM) – the greater the amount of memory in your laptop, the greater will be the performance of your device. Most of the new laptops feature memory capacities from 2 GB to 16 GB.

- Screen – the most common screen size found in a laptop is 15.6 inches. It can vary from 13.3 inches to 20 inches.

- Keyboard and Touchpad – these are the key components which let you type and manoeuvre screen respectively. Its quality and ease of use is very important.

- Hard Disk Drive (HDD) – hard disk capacities range from 160 GB to about 2 TB and the most common hard disk capacities found in laptop are 250GB and 320 GB.

- Graphics Card (GPU) – there is two types of graphics cards and they are either integrated or dedicated. Integrated graphics cards are cheaper than dedicated graphics cards but there is substantial decrease in graphical power when compared to dedicated graphics cards.

- Optical Drive (ODD) – DVD drives are common in laptops with Blu-ray drives being the latest technology nowadays.

- Operating system (OS) – while the most preferred OS is Windows 7, it’s been given a run for its money by Apple’s own Mac OSX Leopard. Both are user-friendly, with support for multitasking, and let you finish your work quickly and easily.

- Other important aspects to watch out for include – battery life (about 7 – 8 hours. are ideal), weight/portability (it should be fairly portable device), connectivity options (Wireless LAN, Ethernet Ports, USB Ports, Bluetooth Option, Firewire Connectivity, HDMI Ports), Card Reader etc.

Laptops are also sorted according to different users such as students, business traveller, photographer/videographer, gamer, home user etc. Low price and high portability define laptops for student usage. Business travelers require laptops which are sturdy and tough, all the while having great security features and good battery life.

For a photographer/videographer, laptops should be capable of powerful processing, discrete graphics, large and super-fast hard disk capacity. The requirements of a gamer are far more advanced as they need top of the line laptops for their usage. Home user needs a laptop through which his basic computational needs can be addressed.

As laptop configurations change constantly, it is wise to invest carefully on a laptop that caters to your needs.

A publishing error Microsoft – Netherlands showed the arrival data of the successor of Windows 7. In the statement appears as follows: ¨ Microsoft of course it points to the next version of Windows, but this (Windows only take about two years to reach the market.

It is true that many factors and obstacles that could delay the arrival of Windows 8, but the intention of the company Microsoft is to launch Windows 8 for the first quarter of 2012. Let’s wait how this turns out to be true, although it is very likely to be given to the letter due to the current fierce competition that exists in these times in the world of technology.

The notebook MSI brings CR500 15.6-inch screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, a GeForce 8200M graphics accelerator G and comes preloaded with the operating system Windows 7 Home Premium.

The laptop is equipped with HDMI, D-Sub, DVD burner, 1.3 megapixel webcam, card reader, Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.

It will be available in stores in Japan on August 21, 2010 with prices around $ 540.

But what if Yahoo! Phone is without doubt the touch that the company gives the software section as it integrates all the services it offers. This model was developed with Alcatel API integrated with the operating system that incorporates the application support of Yahoo. Among the services that we find the following features: Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Social Press, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Address Book and Calendar and Flickr.

The Alcatel One Touch Net is designed to operate in the cloud, with a simplified navigation and optimization of the services we can find online.

Will be launched in India in the coming months of July and, from there, jump to other markets. It can be a good option for those who want to use the services offered by Yahoo! In a terminal economic (will come with a price below $ 100).

Following this acquisition have continued many rumors and comments on HP’s plans for his newly purchased company and, above all, the future operating system webOS. Well, now it seems is that HP wants to use this platform originally designed to run on smartphones in other gadgets such as laptops. This does not look bad idea.

These rumors are based on the agreement that HP has closed with Phoenix Technologies, specialists in the BIOS program, to acquire the rights of Hyperspace, another Linux-based platform used as a complement to other operating system. And that’s where webOS come into play.

We’ll see how this story is but I think that HP thinks more notebooks than smartphones