Your laptop can have 16GB RAM, Core i7 and still be a very bad purchase.
Before buying a laptop, take not of these 10 things:
1.🔹Go for SSD instead of HDD.
SSD makes the laptop significantly faster when booting, opening apps and transferring files. It also doesn't make the spinning noise HDDs make.
You can check by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc → then Performance → then Disk.
2.🔹Having a high RAM isn't enough.
A laptop with 16GB RAM and a weak or old processor can still perform poorly. So it's important to check the processor.
3.🔹 Focus more on the generation of the processor rather than just “Core i5” or “Core i7.”
Never assume an i7 is automatically better than an i5. A newer-generation i5 can outperform an older-generation i7, depending on the specific processors.
When you check the model number for most Intel Core processors, the number immediately after the hyphen tells you the generation.
For example:
i7-6500U = 6th Gen
i5-8250U = 8th Gen
i7-1165G7 = 11th Gen
i5-1235U = 12th Gen
i7-13700H = 13th Gen
4.🔹Don't ignore battery health, especially when buying a used laptop.
To check on a Windows laptop, open Command Prompt and type: powercfg /batteryreport
This will generate a battery report showing the design capacity and full charge capacity. The bigger the gap, the more the battery has degraded.
5.🔹Check the screen quality, not just the size.
A 15.6-inch screen isn't automatically better than a 14-inch one. To confirm, go to Settings → System → Display → Advanced display to check the resolution and refresh rate.
6.🔹Check whether the RAM and SSD can be upgraded.
Some newer laptops have their RAM already soldered, meaning you may not be able to increase it later.
7.🔹Check the ports you need.
USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack and other ports can make a difference depending on what you use the laptop for.
8.🔹For a used laptop, test everything.
Don't just open the laptop, see that it boots.
Test the keyboard, trackpad, speakers, microphone, webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, charging port, USB ports, HDMI, hinges and screen.
Open a document and test every key. Play audio through the speakers. Connect to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Plug in a USB device and test the charger.
9.🔹Buy according to your needs.
For browsing, Microsoft Office, online classes and basic work, you don't necessarily need a high-end laptop.
For programming, heavy multitasking or professional software, you need a strong processor and sufficient RAM.
For video editing, 3D work and serious graphics work, you have to pay attention to the GPU, processor, RAM and display.
For gaming, don't focus on RAM alone. The dedicated GPU, processor, cooling system and display matter a lot.
Stay informed
And
Stay sharp! 🪒
🚨 OFFICIAL !
The Referees Committee’s Official Report about the match between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid:
— A clear and obvious error by the referee regarding Kang-in Lee's foul; he should have been sent off. VAR ought to have intervened.
— The yellow card given to Cuti Romero was correctly awarded following VAR intervention.
— VAR was right to intervene regarding Huijsen's red card, highlighting the referee's initial failure to call it.
🚨🇪🇸 Javier Tebas:
🗣️ “I will not tolerate this defamation of the league from Real Madrid. They are bringing up Negreira and Barcelona again after a defeat against Atlético Madrid, without any reason. 🔵🔴
🗣️ “The court has already cleared Barcelona in the Negreira case, yet Real Madrid still want to keep bringing it up. If they don’t stop, there will be serious sporting and financial punishments against them. ⚠️
🗣️ “Referees make mistakes — that is part of football. But you cannot get away with defaming the league every time there is a decision you don’t like.
🗣️ “There have also been plenty of decisions over the years that have gone in Real Madrid’s favour, like the handball penalty that was not given against Barcelona in 2025.” 🔵🔴
🚨 Manchester United’s October fixtures are absolutely BRUTAL. 😳
🔸 Tottenham (H)
🔸 Atlético Madrid (A)
🔸 Leeds (A)
🔸 Como (A)
🔸 Bournemouth (H)
🔸 Chelsea (A)
Six games in just 22 days, including FOUR away from home.
If results don’t improve quickly, could October be the month that decides Michael Carrick’s future at Man United? 👀🔴
This should make you angry.
This is Bonnie Pierce, a 38-year-old mother of three from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her house caught fire. She and two of her children escaped, then realized her toddler was still inside.
Bonnie went back in, found the child, but could not get out. She shielded the child with her body. She died from her burns. The child survived.
A GoFundMe for her family raised about $42,000.
By comparison, more than $1,000,000 was raised on GoFundMe for Lindsay Clancy, who was charged with killing her children.
It is a sad reflection of the society we have become.
RIP Bonnie.
Today is the saddest day of my life, this man couldn’t even give me till evening to see if I can get the money, 😭💔😭
@oku_yungx@Drbensings
230k is the only amount needed to retain my room please.
Y’all should come through for me please
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She put her dream on hold for 33 years for everybody else before going back to claim hers.
She married at 21 with a promise that school would still happen.
Then she got pregnant.
Her husband asked her to keep the baby.
She did.
Then came the second child.
Then the third.
Each time she planned to return, motherhood gave her another reason to wait.
“Let me raise them first.”
While she was raising three children, 33 years were quietly raising her age.
Her friends were building careers.
She was building a family.
When the last child graduated, she went back to school.
Today, her first son is a doctor in the US.
The second is a surgeon in Canada.
The third is an aerospace engineer in the US.
Today is her birthday.
Should she have gone back to school at 25, or was waiting for the children the right price to pay for motherhood?
70m in financial fair play is not same thing as 70m to spend.
Take for example, if Barca signs Alvarez for 130m on a 5 year contract on a yearly salary of 20m gross per year.
The FFP will yearly amortisation of transfer fee + yearly salary.
Transfer fee 130/5= 26m.
20m gross salary.
FFP: 26+20= 46m.
I hope this helps.
¡UNA IMAGEN QUE ROMPE EL CORAZÓN!😔
Pablo García, canterano del Real Betis durante 15 AÑOS, fue informado HOY de que no continuará en el primer equipo esta temporada. ❌
¿El motivo? El Betis necesitaba LIBERAR UNA PLAZA para poder inscribir a Dani Ceballos tras su regreso. 😳
El canterano abandonó las instalaciones del club COMPLETAMENTE DEVASTADO. 💔😭
15 AÑOS defendiendo estos colores y así termina todo… 🟢⚪️