10 features to ignore to save when buying a laptop

Discrete graphics, "big" chips, full of types of connectors . maybe you want all those features when buying a laptop, but are those points suitable for your use? ?

Does it take a million dollars to own a backlit keyboard that drains the battery while you're a typist? Or you won't use discrete graphics if your work is not related to video editing or gaming .

Here are the features you should ignore when buying a laptop to reduce costs or use the savings to upgrade other features that are more necessary for you.

Note that if you find any features that are really needed for you, don't be fooled. Because if you don't save a few hundred thousand dong, the laptop becomes obnoxious every time something goes wrong.

Keyboard with backlight

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The backlit keyboard gives a very fashionable feel. However, they often cost battery life and are usually only equipped for some high-end laptop models. If you are a professional keyboard typist or want to increase the battery life of your laptop, consider skipping the keyboard backlight when buying a laptop.

Optical drive

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During times when content such as movies, music, games and software can all be stored online, and hard drive capacity is increasingly being raised, optical drives are increasingly losing the role of it. This device is repeatedly "listed" on the list of technologies that will soon be killed.

Discrete graphics card

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For gamers, discrete graphics cards are an indispensable feature to help them play high graphics games like Skyrim or Arkham City. This part is also essential for people who often have to do video editing work. Therefore, if you do not need to do tasks related to playing games or video editing, skip the discrete graphics card when buying a laptop. Laptops equipped with high-end discrete graphics cards can cost up to $ 200 more than machines using integrated graphics.

Core i5 / i7 chip

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With a portion of laptop users, speed is their top requirement. They often choose laptops that use Core i5 or Core i7 chips, which are the chips for the highest processing speed today. However, most computer users often only need to browse the web, listen to music, and process documents. Therefore, spending an additional $ 100 to own a machine using a Core i5 or i7 chip and then realize that you don't need the processing speed is a waste. Consider this point to save money when buying a laptop.

VGA port

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VGA is a connection port to export images from a laptop to a TV screen or a projector screen . However, today's laptops are equipped with other connection ports that have the same function but better like HDMI or DisplayPort. Unless you need to connect your laptop to an old projector, don't choose models that are equipped with this connector.

ExpressCard / PC card slot

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Previous laptops could not compete with desktops for memory, networking or storage features. To overcome this weakness, laptop manufacturers have developed PC cards (PC cards). Peripheral devices are designed to plug into this slot and perform the function of a hard drive, modem, network card. However, today's laptops are mostly integrated with wireless internet connectivity, large memory, and large hard drive capacity, so the time of ExpressCard / PC Card is over.

HD resolution webcam

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As video chat services such as Microsoft's Skype or Google's Video Chat are growing (Skype currently has more than 600 million users), laptop manufacturers start thinking about equipping their products. Various types of HD resolution webcams to attract buyers.

Although this feature promises to deliver excellent image quality when video chat, they are almost impossible to use in real conditions due to the bandwidth limitation of network service providers. Buying a laptop with HD Webcam and then realizing that you can't fully exploit their features makes you angry but also increases the cost of owning the device.

Ethernet port

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Ethernet is a convenient connection port in case you use the device without a wireless Internet connection. However, today, when almost cafes, parks and airports all have WiFi, and 3G networks are also popular, this connection port is rarely used.

IEEE 1394 port (FireWire)

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The IEEE 1394 standard was mainly developed by Apple in the 1980s and 1990s and is known as FireWire, almost completely replaced by USB. Although they have superior features over USB such as the ability to connect two devices without the "bus master" role of the device, however, most laptops and peripherals are now used. USB and FireWire standards are almost " dead".