I get asked this question a lot: "What should I be asking for when I buy my next computer?".  And it’s a very good question.  Everyone kind of knows what to look for in a car.  Or in a house.  But when buying a computer, there’s a lot of unfamiliar terms used like GB, MB, GHz, etc…  , and how much of each thing you get is different depending on what you do.

I’m just going to list some things that you should make sure you get, and then I’ll explain why.

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