Five Top Uses for Laptops

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In the UK nearly everyone seems to have a laptop today. It has become an essential item in our world of electronic communication, web surfing and Facebooking. Computer manufacturers are subsequently bringing out new models continually and there is also a sub-sector doing good business selling used laptops. In order to save money, many people choose to purchase reconditioned laptops. Cumbersome PCs are often disregarded now in favour of compact and convenient laptops, which are used for many different things, such as:

1) Social Networking

The fifth most visited website so far in 2010 is Facebook and this illustrates the huge popularity of social networking sites. People have even claimed to have become addicted to sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, which allow you to communicate with friends, plan events and share photos, and these sites have a multitude of other applications.

                   

2) Work

Laptops are great business tools and for many people are essential for their job. They allow people to work from home, when they are travelling and give them constant access to emails and the internet. It’s hard to imagine what businesses did before the advent of laptops.

3) Surfing the Net

Whether people are researching something in particular or are just bored and looking for something to amuse them while they’re sat at home, surfing the net is extremely popular. It is a way to find out just about anything, from train times to the history of Bolivia, and all from wherever you and your laptop happen to be.

4) Entertainment

This is one of the main reasons that laptops are used. Laptops can be complete entertainment systems; you can store and listen to thousands of songs on them and you can watch DVDs or download just about any film or TV programme.

5) Photo Storage

As digital cameras have taken over from those that use film, laptops have become the modern picture album. By simply plugging in a lead from your camera to your laptop you can transfer all your shots onto the hard drive, edit them with Photo Shop and print out the best ones.