It seems that everyday, I talk to people interested in purchasing laptops.  Well, I guess that was obvious, being that I am an electronic salesperson.  The biggest problem I run into is that most people don't know what to buy, or what they need in terms of a laptop. 

Basically everyone I talk to has to decide what the main purpose of their laptop purpose will be: business or pleasure.  The reason I make this comparison, is that there is some difference between a computer that can handle working on writing a paper for school and one that can allow you to play cutting edge games.  Sure, the game playing computer can do work as well, but the business machine may not be able to play the games you want to.

Don't get too fixated on price.  I have had a lot of customers buy the cheaper computer only to return it a few days later because it doesn't do what they need it to do.  If the computer you need costs $600 more than a cheaper one, consider this:  that works out to a little more than fifty cents per day if you keep it for three years.  Don't let the $0.50 per day hold you back - you just might regret it.