So you are ready to throw your desktop PC into the dustbin. And you are determined already to buy its alternative too. And you also know that even a fool can guess what could be an alternative to your desktop computer system. A laptop, isn't it?

However, buying a laptop without a series of well-formulated considerations can be nothing but an exercise to make a fool of you. So count your chickens much... much before they hatch. Only then, you will be in a position to be saved from being lost in the sea of confusion.

Scan your needs carefully. Keep a tab on what are the types of the services you are intended to receive from your computer...oops!...laptop. Or most probably for whom you are buying this laptop. Definitely, a laptop for your school going daughter is as different from a laptop for your business tour as New York is different from London. Follow the following tips and tricks.

For The Houseflies: If you do most of the works from home only, and if those works seem to be of moderate complexities then nothing but a notebook with the most primitive functions is required by you. They call it a netbook. They are easily available with various monitor sizes. A 12 or 14-inch screen will do.

While buying a netbook, never coaxed by some laptops-for-home which promise a high speed processor. You already know that your homework is far easier than your fieldwork(read business tours). So a moderate speed too will do.

Being equipped with the basic but most needed computer applications makes them free from complex mechanism, they require minimal attention and assistance. Jobs like web surfing, checking mails and document maintaining is easily done on these handheld computers.

One thing more, a netbook tends to be lightweight. However, if you purchase a laptop, not a netbook, made for home only then it might be, sometimes, as heavy as 3-4 kg. So pump up your muscles.

You can easily handle and operate them. It could be a befitting model of laptop for school going children. After all, who can afford to buy a full featured laptop for their homeworks amid this recession.

For Flying Birds : If your business commitments have gave you a pair of active wings, then you need, contrary to a primitive notebook, the most advanced laptop. It has to be equipped with high-end graphic cards and spacious hard disks.

Definitely, the complex calculations of a business tour is not a child's play. It has to durable not only in terms of its exteriors or internal features. Rather it needs a battery with longer life too, so it won't breakdown midway hampering your work.

Even protecting the business related data is a major concern. Thus the inbuilt safety and security features too become a relevant concern. Needless to say, a laptop which can read the fingerprints of its master is undoubtedly an ultra-safe computing device.

While on a business tour, it doesn't mean that you will have no time to relax at all. So if you happen to have such an opportunity, you will need some sweet music to listen to or your favorite Hollywood flick to watch. Undoubtedly, a business laptop with advanced multimedia features like MP3 jukebox and DVD drive will be an icing on the cake.

Also pay a specific look to the capacity of the hard disk and the speed of the processor it works with. So the speedier your processor and the spacious your hard drive are, the better your business laptop is.

Moreover, its weight and size should not be a constraint in your free fly. So choosing the slimmest and lightest should be given top priority.