How to Choose The Right Computer For Yourself

When you want to buy a new computer, it’s hard to know where to start. You don’t want to spend ages looking through them all, but you also don’t want to chance having to go back too soon because you overextended your new machine. Luckily, there are a few ways to help you narrow down this confusing array of choices.

First, you need to determine the purpose of your new computer. The main categories that people tend to fall into are gaming, home and business. This not only helps you find what you do need, but narrows down what you don’t need as well, which could save you some money. It sounds obvious, but you don’t need a high-powered gaming computer if all you want to do is check e-mails and write documents. A computer for each of these purposes has different specifications, which you can look at below.

Gaming Computer

For serious gamers, you need a serious computer - probably a desktop. A laptop is more prone to overheating, which it could do when running high-quality graphics. A desktop is easier to upgrade, for example if you need a new graphics card. Besides the card, you’ll need a decent quality screen, sound card, speakers, and processor (multiple cores can run more programs at once), as well as a fast hard drive. You can do pretty much anything else on a machine of this quality, but you will have to pay for that privilege, too.

Home Computer

This will vary slightly depending on what you want it for. Checking cinema times, browsing Facebook, and using e-mail would only need a laptop or even a notebook computer, which is small, light and has great battery life, but no DVD drive. If it’s going to be doubling as the family entertainment system, you’ll need something a little more capable to handle sound and video, but a laptop could cover this, if you don’t mind the relatively small screen. It would need a larger hard drive if you plan to store any music or movies on the device, a good sound and speakers. You probably couldn’t get away with a budget PC for this latter use (although many do have 1TB of storage), but for simple tasks you might get away with only spending a few hundred, and still get 4-6GB of RAM.

Business Computer

Again, depending on your work, what kind of computer you’ll need will vary a lot. The range extends from writing documents, to website design, to high-quality video editing. For any heavy-duty software like the latter, you’ll need a powerful CPU, lots of memory, and a large, fast hard drive. It’ll be less expensive than a gaming PC though, as you won’t need the same graphics card. To transfer a lot of data, you’ll need a fast port – USB 3.0 is ideal; and to switch between multiple tasks, the more RAM, the better. If you can get away with a laptop, for long hours of work use it would be better to get a matte screen to save your eyes.

Hopefully this has given you a few pointers on where to get started with your decision. Just remember to balance your requirements with your budget, and don’t get anything you don’t need!

Nokia had plans for Android before the Microsoft buyout

Nokia if had not been bought by Microsoft would have launched Android devices by 2014.

Nokia, which has recently been acquired by Microsoft, was reportedly planning to join the Android bandwagon in case the deal hadn't gone through. Infact, as per reports, Nokia was even thinking to bring Android powered devices as soon as 2014.

It is to be noted that similar reports were doing the rounds when Nokia opted for Windows Phone operating system last year.

As per the recent report, "A team within Nokia had Android up and running on the company's Lumia handsets well before Microsoft and Nokia began negotiating”. While that was undergoing Microsoft was also aware of the work that was already under way for the Nokia Android device.

Nokia Lumia ranges of devices are fully compatible with Android operating system. However the company chose the other way out and has given its smartphone business to Microsoft.
 

Movie review: Shuddh Desi Romance

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra, Vaani Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Direction: Maneesh Sharma
Rating: 3Star

We are on with romancing smalltown India lately, far from the maddening exotica of Swiss Alps. Shuddh Desi Romance, coming in the wake of Raanjhanaa earlier this year, takes the Bollywood love story right into the heartland bylanes, its colourful bazaars, middle-class homes and their toilets (yes, toilets play a wittily imaginative role in the progress of this plot).
It is a smalltown backdrop we are all familiar with, and it comes with characters we have definitely met.
Maneesh Sharma's latest is more than a feel-good romance though, and the makeover it marks for the mush formula extends beyond a cosmetic change in locale. The film is a fascinating sketch tracking the mindset of today's youth. It talks of a generation that understands love, values commitment but is often found struggling in a domain somewhere in between.
Jaideep Sahni's choice to set his script in smalltown Jaipur renders novelty. This is a youth base that faces culture clash more acutely than the big city does. Tradition's collision with a rapidly changing belief system makes for interesting drama. Shuddh Desi Romance wholly draws advantage from the idea.
Sahni's writing is known to celebrate stark realism without making it seem too heavy (recall Khosla Ka Ghosla, Chak De! India or Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year). It is a quality that gives him a unique place in Bollywood, among writers who are mostly either too spectacular or too sombre. Shuddh Desi Romance only reiterates Sahni's USP. Essentially, this is a rare Hindi film where the writer is as noteworthy as its director, even star cast.
Sushant Singh Rajput is cast as Raghu, happy-go-lucky tourist guide in Jaipur and a big reason you will love this film. Raghu meets the feisty Gayatri (Parineeti Chopra) on his way to wed Tara (Vaani Kapoor). Gayatri is a baaraati, and her one-night interaction with Raghu in the baaraat bus gives him the pre-shaadi jitters. He runs away from his marriage.
Twist in the tale comes when, after a brief live-in romance, Raghu and Gayatri are set to marry but this time it is she who runs away from the mandap.
Raghu, Tara and Gayatri's paths will cross of course, for an interesting finale.
Gayatri is as peppy as Parineeti normally gets. You still spot the odd slant at over-the-top acting but by and large Parineeti is a pleasant watch. Newcomer Vaani Kapoor does impressively to match up to her fine co-stars. There is a wild child streak inherent in Tara and Vaani gets the nuances right. Rishi Kapoor's cameo as the adorable Goel saab, wedding planner/caterer and Raghu's father figure rolled in one, is a delectable value-add to the film.
Quite apt that an effort that strives to reorganise the Bollywood romance should be produced by Yash Raj Films. Shuddh Desi Romance isn't making any drastic bid to change the filmy concept of love. It is still operating with all that has ever worked for the genre. Only, desi mush gets rid of its designer bursts and comes alive with shuddh honesty this time.