How to Choose a Laptop For Graphic Design

Posted August 23, 2011 – 12:05 pm in: computer & electronic gear

We are pleased to publish a guest post by Carol Brown that addresses the ever timely topic of what type of laptop a graphic designer should buy. Since we just bought ourselves a new laptop, we can confirm that these are the right issues to think about. Carol is a writer with WebGuru India.

There was a time when graphic design professionals relied on desktops for their work. Graphic design on a laptop was not a suitable option for the millions of designers across the world. This was because the laptops were slower, too delicate to use, and of course, far more expensive than their desktop counterparts.

However, things have changed drastically in the past few years. The advent of new technologies in both computer hardware and software have enabled laptop brands to make laptops with performance that exceeds the desktop PCs of just a year or two ago. They also cope with heat dissipation issues better and are more rugged.

As a result, graphic designers can now purchase a high performance laptop for their work instead of a desktop machine. Apple Macbooks are obviously very popular among designers because they are very capable for any kind of website design related work. The downside, however, is that not all designers can afford Apple products – they are much more expensive than their Windows counterparts.

Today, the nice thing for designers is that they can buy laptops from brands like Dell, Toshiba, Asus, and…

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Replace the battery in an iPod Mini 6GB

Posted March 9, 2009 – 8:14 pm in: computer & electronic gear

Replacing the battery of your iPod Mini 4GB / 6GB will add years of life to your iPod. I found the battery replacement process easy and quick – and the battery costs less than $10.

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