Planning is a very important stage before doing anything. We plan before a trip, before going for a picnic, before shopping and many more. With a proper planning things can be done effectively and efficiently.
But when its comes to buying a computer, lot of us skip this process. Most people buy computer by what they see. This actually means if you see your neighbour have a computer which works good and he/she gave you a good review you buy it or you saw a latest model in an advertisement and decided to get it.
But if you think and do a little planning you'll realise you can actually save alot of money buying a computer.
Plan before you buy :
1) What you need?
2) Why you need?
3) Future possibilities.
4) Budget
What you need?
First you have to decide what you need? Do you need a laptop or a desktop. We know desktops are cheaper than laptops. But it takes alot of space in your home and you cannot take it out with you. While laptops are a bit costly but its have several advantages, you can take it anywhere you go, also you don't need any seperate space to keep it. So if you think you don't need it outside you can simply buy a desktop. Or if you have a job where a computer is needed anytime anywhere you should go for a laptop. Many people don't realise there needs and buy desktop when they need a laptop for working outside or buys a laptop and use it in home. So if your need is clear you can save paying extra bucks.
Why you need?
The next thing you should think about why you need? This means for what purpose you need a desktop or laptop and according to your need you can plan the configuration of your system. By planning what configuration you want, here also you can save alot of bucks as well. I saw people having a high end system with all latest things inside their system but for the purpose they use it they don't need that configuration. So let me help you in planning your configuration.
So if your are a gamer and you want to play latest games on your laptop or desktop (desktop recommended) you need a good processor atleast i3 or i7. You also need good amout of storage which means you need atleast 1tb or 2tb hard disk. Then you need 4gb or 8 gb ddr3 ram. Graphics card for sure. A good and a big LED monitor for good gaming experience, speakers and headphones aswell. A good keyboard is also important here. These are the basic configuration for gamers for playing latest games.
If you are planning to buy a computer to use some basic functions like Ms office, basic internet you don't need a high end configuration. To use this basic features you can simply buy a basic configured pc. You don't need processors like i3 or i7, even dual core or core 2 duo will work for you. As here you also don't need too much storage, so 500gb is enough if you have doubt you can get a 1 tb hard disk aswell. As you don't need much storage you can lower the ram to 2gb or 4gb. Here you don't have to buy graphics card too. Monitor is depending on what you want but a LCD monitor is good enough.
Future possibilities
This is a very tactical part in our planning for buying a computer. All the above planning we discussed is all about present. But we should always keep the future possibilities in the back of our head. Let me clear this for you with an example.
Suppose you started a small business at home. So according to the above planning you don't need a high configured system and you can also save money by buying a desktop. But what if you business started to grow and then you need to attend to your online customers even outside your home. This is where planning about future possibilities comes in. Then you might realise you should have bought a laptop or now there is no option without buying a new laptop. This can make you spend more in trying to save money. So we should always think about the future possibilities when we are planning to buy a new pc.
Tip : Nowadays smartphones can do almost everything like desktop or laptop. So if you think you can handle you work with a smartphone may be you don't need a laptop and stick with desktop.
Budget
Budget is the most important thing in every planning. So after you planned on the basis of all the above topic you can guess the budget of your computer you planned. So now you have to think is that number in your budget or not. If not, then you have compromise a little with your plan. May be you should lower your configuration a little to make it in your budget.
Budget tips :
If you think a desktop can even do for you, you can buy a desktop other than laptop.
If you think 1 tb hard disk is enough, lower it
You can also lower few inches of your monitor size aswell.
If you are not in a hurry, watch out for online sales.
Hope this article gave you an idea about how to plan before buying a laptop or desktop.
But when its comes to buying a computer, lot of us skip this process. Most people buy computer by what they see. This actually means if you see your neighbour have a computer which works good and he/she gave you a good review you buy it or you saw a latest model in an advertisement and decided to get it.
But if you think and do a little planning you'll realise you can actually save alot of money buying a computer.
Plan before you buy :
1) What you need?
2) Why you need?
3) Future possibilities.
4) Budget
What you need?
First you have to decide what you need? Do you need a laptop or a desktop. We know desktops are cheaper than laptops. But it takes alot of space in your home and you cannot take it out with you. While laptops are a bit costly but its have several advantages, you can take it anywhere you go, also you don't need any seperate space to keep it. So if you think you don't need it outside you can simply buy a desktop. Or if you have a job where a computer is needed anytime anywhere you should go for a laptop. Many people don't realise there needs and buy desktop when they need a laptop for working outside or buys a laptop and use it in home. So if your need is clear you can save paying extra bucks.
Why you need?
The next thing you should think about why you need? This means for what purpose you need a desktop or laptop and according to your need you can plan the configuration of your system. By planning what configuration you want, here also you can save alot of bucks as well. I saw people having a high end system with all latest things inside their system but for the purpose they use it they don't need that configuration. So let me help you in planning your configuration.
So if your are a gamer and you want to play latest games on your laptop or desktop (desktop recommended) you need a good processor atleast i3 or i7. You also need good amout of storage which means you need atleast 1tb or 2tb hard disk. Then you need 4gb or 8 gb ddr3 ram. Graphics card for sure. A good and a big LED monitor for good gaming experience, speakers and headphones aswell. A good keyboard is also important here. These are the basic configuration for gamers for playing latest games.
If you are planning to buy a computer to use some basic functions like Ms office, basic internet you don't need a high end configuration. To use this basic features you can simply buy a basic configured pc. You don't need processors like i3 or i7, even dual core or core 2 duo will work for you. As here you also don't need too much storage, so 500gb is enough if you have doubt you can get a 1 tb hard disk aswell. As you don't need much storage you can lower the ram to 2gb or 4gb. Here you don't have to buy graphics card too. Monitor is depending on what you want but a LCD monitor is good enough.
Future possibilities
This is a very tactical part in our planning for buying a computer. All the above planning we discussed is all about present. But we should always keep the future possibilities in the back of our head. Let me clear this for you with an example.
Suppose you started a small business at home. So according to the above planning you don't need a high configured system and you can also save money by buying a desktop. But what if you business started to grow and then you need to attend to your online customers even outside your home. This is where planning about future possibilities comes in. Then you might realise you should have bought a laptop or now there is no option without buying a new laptop. This can make you spend more in trying to save money. So we should always think about the future possibilities when we are planning to buy a new pc.
Tip : Nowadays smartphones can do almost everything like desktop or laptop. So if you think you can handle you work with a smartphone may be you don't need a laptop and stick with desktop.
Budget
Budget is the most important thing in every planning. So after you planned on the basis of all the above topic you can guess the budget of your computer you planned. So now you have to think is that number in your budget or not. If not, then you have compromise a little with your plan. May be you should lower your configuration a little to make it in your budget.
Budget tips :
If you think a desktop can even do for you, you can buy a desktop other than laptop.
If you think 1 tb hard disk is enough, lower it
You can also lower few inches of your monitor size aswell.
If you are not in a hurry, watch out for online sales.
Hope this article gave you an idea about how to plan before buying a laptop or desktop.
