[header] How to choose a laptop [title] Think about your main uses for a laptop. [step] The main purpose of your laptop will be the biggest influence on the type of laptop you get. People use computers for countless reasons, but general use falls into one of the following categories. 
Keep these in mind when you are looking at laptops : [substeps] Office/schoolwork-mostly use the computer for word processing, research, spreadsheets, and other professional and academic tasks. Games-playing the latest and greatest games, but still using the computer for other tasks as well.