First, Decide How You’ll Use Your Laptop

When you’re looking to buy a laptop, there really is no such thing as “one size fits all.” The type of laptop that fits you best will depend on whether you need it for gaming, work, personal use, or a bit of everything. The following guides will help you find the right laptop by comparing different models and by getting ideas from a laptop quiz.

Let’s cover a few websites that can help you with a laptop selection.

Best Buy’s Laptop Buying Guide

At the Best Buy website, the have an excellent guide to walk you through the different types of laptops that matches your specific needs. You can view Best Buy’s Laptop Buying Guide by clicking here.

Best Buy will give you the option at the bottom of the page to sign up to be notified about the latest offers as soon as they’re announced. If you don’t want to wait for offers by email, you can go to the “Products” tab and select “Computers & Tablets”, and then click on “Laptops & Desktops.” From there, you can get an idea of the latest laptops for sale on the market as Best Buy usually only stocks the latest models.

Using a laptop

Choosist

At Choosist Beta, you can find your own perfect laptop by taking their laptop quiz (click here to take the quiz).

You start the quiz by selecting your budget criteria. This is obviously important because they need to make sure they pick the best laptop that you can afford.

Then they will start asking more questions regarding how you intend to use the laptop.

Next, you will be asked what features you use frequently. The more features you select, the better the recommendation will get to matching your best fit.

Then they’ll ask you questions about where you will use the laptop so they can find the best networking features that help you stay connected all the time.

Finally, they will want to know how often you will carry your laptop around so they can help you select one with a long battery life but one that’s not too heavy.

There might also be additional features you are searching for that are very important to you that the quiz will cover. These features might include an operating system or just the look of the laptop.

Give the quiz a try!