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Junaid Raza
Junaid Raza

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Easy Laptop Buying Guide For Web-Developers

If you feel that you're not good at making decisions about gadgets, then that's totally fine. It's not essential to be an expert of all things. If you're doing a great job in your business, that's probably web-development, then that's enough to focus on your niche startup than becoming the jack of all trades, master of none.

However, having abstract knowledge about the variety of life fields is a great habit.

So even if you don't need to buy a laptop (if you already have one), then this simple laptop buying will help you understand which laptop is really great for your needs, for some other day.

Easy to understand laptop buying guide

Frankly speaking, it's not easy to answer which laptop is good for web-developers because there are main factors that matter while buying a laptop.

  1. Which software or applications you use?
  2. It should not be expensive.

Yes, both of these factors do matter the most while buying a laptop. If you work on the VS Code and do front-end web development, it's better to focus on RAM and prefer buying a laptop with 16GB memory. For instance, these best laptops for small business owners have incredible memory and processing speed.

But if you're using simple web-development applications, then you can even go for 4GB RAM as well.

So it totally depends on what you're doing.

The other factor is also important because if you need a 4GB memory laptop, why should you invest in 16GB RAM?

So you are the only one to answer which laptop is good for you, but I can guide you on which features you should focus on while buying a laptop.

Memory:

Random-access memory (RAM) has a great relationship with your gadget's performance. As the higher, the better.

The other important thing is to understand that advanced memories faster than the older ones are called DDR4. So if you buy a laptop with DDR4 memory, it means it will be comparatively a faster one.

So if you need a laptop with 16GB DDR4 memory, then its range should be about 700 dollars. Some really best laptops under $700  can meet all your business needs.

Storage:

The other important factor is storage, and it also depends on your workload. If you have to record many files that you need to carry with you on your laptop, you need a higher storage laptop. But if you don't require to store all the records, it can be a low storage laptop.

In that case, you can find business laptops under $1000, even laptops under 500 dollars.

Screen Size:

The next important factor is the screen-size. What size suits you the most?

Normally, people prefer buying 14'' to 15.6'' screen laptops. And feel comfortable on it. And I should recommend it because such laptops are easy to carry with you.

If portability is not your option, then surely you can go for other larger screens as well.

Graphics:

Graphics is an important factor for designing great things, and you should surely focus on it. NVIDIA graphics can be the best option to meet your needs.

Battery life:

Besides durability and a backlit keyboard, battery life is one of the important factors to keep in mind while a laptop for your web-development business.

If you don't want to plugin-in the charger all day long, it's better to buy a laptop with some reasonable battery life.

The battery life must be 5 to 12 hours so that you could carry your laptop along with you on your travelings as well.

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Junaid Raza

I am glad, I could hlep.

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Maryam Yumna

can someone recommend me some laptops with good battery life..

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Junaid Raza

It totally depends on, in how much, and for what purpose, you want to buy a laptop.

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Junaid Raza

Yes, I can help you with that. What's your price range, and for what purpose you need it?

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