{"id":3020,"date":"2014-07-08T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2014-07-08T08:20:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:20:01","slug":"wtam-1100-choosing-a-laptop-for-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2014\/07\/08\/wtam-1100-choosing-a-laptop-for-college\/","title":{"rendered":"WTAM 1100 &#8211; Choosing a Laptop for College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3020-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WTAM-1100-July-8th-2014-Choosing-a-Laptop-for-College.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WTAM-1100-July-8th-2014-Choosing-a-Laptop-for-College.mp3\">http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/WTAM-1100-July-8th-2014-Choosing-a-Laptop-for-College.mp3<\/a><\/audio><span style=\"font-size:10px;\">Play Audio &#8211; WTAM 1100 Newsradio &#8211; Tech Tuesday &#8211; July 8th, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wtam1100.jpg\" alt=\"WTAM 1100 Newsradio Cleveland Ohio\" width=\"133\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2188\" \/>It&#8217;s pretty much a given that college students are going to need a computer for their studies. With limited dorm space and the need to access resources across the campus, a laptop is the most common choice. But what laptop is right for you? The Best Buy website has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/computing-promotions\/laptop-buying-guide\/pcmcat310900050007.c?id=pcmcat310900050007&#038;type=category\">Laptop Buying Guide<\/a> that can help.<\/p>\n<p>Two questions you need to answer first:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will you use your laptop?<\/strong> Determining if you&#8217;re a light, average or advanced user will help determine what laptop specs fit your needs best. For example, demanding users will want to invest more in a higher resolution screen, faster processor, more memory and a larger hard drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important is portability to you?<\/strong> This will help determine what balance to strike with large or small screen and keyboard size, as well as how many accessories, like Blu-ray drives you carry with you. There&#8217;s even a special laptop category for those that value portability above all else, known as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/laptop-computers\/ultrabooks\/pcmcat259400050000.c?id=pcmcat259400050000\">Ultrabooks<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>When shopping, you&#8217;ll come across 4 hardware specs that you&#8217;ll want to understand to help decide on a laptop:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Processor<\/strong> &#8211; This is both the brain and the muscles of the laptop. The faster and more powerful a processor is, the more work it can handle from your programs, just like an engine in your favorite car.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory<\/strong> &#8211; System memory, or RAM, is where your data and program lives while you&#8217;re working on the laptop. The more RAM, the more data you can be accessing and manipulating at any given time, like adding more seats to your car.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hard Drive Storage<\/strong> &#8211; This is where your data, like your photos, documents, music and videos lives while not in use, and the more you have, the more files you can carry with you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Battery Life<\/strong> &#8211; This one is important for college students on the go, because you may not always have a handy outlet to use at the library or time to recharge between classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best Buy is offering some special discounts for college students. If you visit the Best Buy website, you&#8217;ll see a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/Global\/College-Student-Deals\/pcmcat276200050000.c?id=pcmcat276200050000\">College Student Deals<\/a>&#8221; link to the right. To receive your deals, you will need a .edu email address, which can be entered on the site to get all the latest student-only offers sent right to your mailbox. When you sign up, you&#8217;ll be entered for a chance to win $100,000 as part of Best Buy&#8217;s Cash for College program.<\/p>\n<p> Of course, no matter what laptop you choose, Geek Squad will be there to support you with our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksquad.com\/buytechsupport\/\">Geek Squad Tech Support<\/a> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Audio &#8211; WTAM 1100 Newsradio &#8211; Tech Tuesday &#8211; July 8th, 2014 It&#8217;s pretty much a given that college students are going to need a computer for their studies. With limited dorm space and the need to access resources across the campus, a laptop is the most common choice. But what laptop is right &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2014\/07\/08\/wtam-1100-choosing-a-laptop-for-college\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WTAM 1100 &#8211; Choosing a Laptop for College&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[100,68,42,241,289,375,293],"class_list":["post-3020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-best-buy","tag-computers","tag-geek-squad","tag-laptops","tag-shopping","tag-ultrabooks","tag-wtam-1100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3024,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020\/revisions\/3024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}