For a new laptop, which is better the glossy high contrast screen or anti-glare?

The anti-glare screen is better if you plan on using your laptop outdoors or in a room with direct sunlight, but the glossy screen will produce a more vivid display with better contrast and color, if you plan on using your computer mostly indoors without direct sunlight, I think the glossy screen is better.

dont know but glossy tv reflect daylight eg windows.

This is from my notes, hope it helps..

Choosing a laptop

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You have to decide on weight and battery criteria.

1. Weight - If you are going to carry it to and fro to school/office then consider getting a lightweight model. An external CD drive may be an option as if you not into burning disks or watching DVD then you hardly use the CD drive. Something about less than 2 kg is a lightweight.

2. Battery Life, - if you never going to use it on batteries then you can go bigger processor and larger screen. You can consider not buying the battery if appropriate. You can have two power supplies; one at home and one in the office is good for large heavy laptops.

If you want to use the laptop on batteries then you may have to choose a smaller processor and a smaller screen so you can get the hours required out of the battery.

3. Minimum specifications ���

Games will require more specifications – more ram and –more video card specs – more processor power.

Generally though:

-a decent video card (for projection of power point presentations)

-Wireless networking

-Ethernet

-Consider a high speed hard drive

- Consider 80GB Hard drive or larger

- Consider an external DVD drive or an Internal Burner -depending on your needs

-Consider 1 or 2 Gig RAM

-Software able to update from their websites

-Internet security and

-Antispyware (free from net) is a must for internet use.

-Easy accessible USB ports

- built in webcam

- A Mouse

- a keystone lock

-A carry bag. Sometimes the manufacturer’s bag is the best buy

Consider getting the hard drive partitioned to C: and D:. The C drive can be 30 gig minimum (eg on a 60 gig hard drive) to 50 gig maximum. D drive is extended across the remaining.

When looking at laptops in the shop do this:

(this is written for XP but should be able to do it in Vista, ask the attendant for assistance.)

Click Start – help and support.

Type in Processor in the search

Go through the results you can see what hardware and what Microsoft products are installed in the laptop/ computer.

Google luck!!!

Well if you want to watch a lot of movies and games you'd want the glossy screen, however if videos are not your main reason for having your comp. Then the high contrast screen is fine