Time flies. It’s now 2012, and before I leave behind 2011, let me recap some of the important lessons that I learned. First thing that came to my mind are the hassles and problems that we encountered when we were buying a laptop. Its very easy to be blinded by cheap laptops, but if you have not done your homework like what happened to us, you’ll get into the painful process of early replacement or delayed refund. Here are some tips that you should consider before buying:

- Know your budget and know the models that are within it
- Research on the specs and good point of the models you are planning to buy
- Research on all the complaints and problems that current users of the models are encountering
- If you see too many complaints, better move on to other models
- Research on complaints about the store that you are planning to buy at as well