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ChapterChapter111Choosing Your Laptop PCPortable computers, generally referred to as laptops or notebooks, began as a great tool for people who travel

11Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1Everyday UseIf you plan to use your laptop on a day-to-day basis, and if it fits in your budget, you should look for

12Laptops store data on an internal hard drive — a spinning hard disk inside the laptop — via magnetic recording. An arm with a magnetic head moves ov

13Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1Storing Data on Blu-rayThe name Blu-ray stems from the blue-violet laser used to read and write to this type of disc.

14Choosing a microprocessor, often referred to as a processor, is an important part of deciding which laptop is right for you. The type of microproces

15Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1Dual-Core ProcessorsOlder laptops featured single-core processors. That is, the silicon wafer, or chip, on which the

16The graphics card is a circuit board inside your laptop that controls what appears on your laptop’s monitor. The graphics card is also called the vi

17CHAPTER1With wireless technology, you can use your laptop to connect to the Internet using a wireless network — without cable connections or a phone

18When you take your laptop on the road, it needs to carry its power supply with it — specifically, a rechargeable battery.The amount of time you can

19Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1Charging Your BatteryYou will need to charge your laptop battery on a regular basis. You do this by plugging your lap

Chapter11Explore a Laptop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Explore Slots and Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4Laptop computers are very similar to their desktop counterparts. Both contain a hard drive and other hardware. Both use an operating system, run soft

5Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1DVD DriveMost laptops include a DVD drive, although some still feature a CD drive. The location of these drives varies

6You can use the various slots and ports built into your laptop to connect peripheral devices to it, such as a printer, a mouse, a keyboard, an extra

7Choosing Your Laptop PCCHAPTER1Modem JackAlthough most people use an Ethernet cable or a wireless signal to access the Internet, there may be times w

8Laptop displays range in size from 5 inches — perfect for portability — to 17 or even 20 inches. These larger monitors are ideal for handling graphic

9CHAPTER1Laptops started out as portable computing devices for people who traveled regularly. Today, you can find ultraportable laptops that weigh as

10Your computer needs a certain amount of random access memory, or RAM, to run programs and load files. More RAM can also help your computer run faste