the best processors possible. Laptops are designed for gaming whatsoever, so spending money on their CPUs is worth it. Source(s): Off-topic, but to all who advice you to buy a Mac, did you know that Macs are the most overpriced computers ever made? Thanks, bye. Basically MultiTasking power is what I prefer personally, because that is one's main intention when purchasing a new computer. That would be dependent on the amount of RAM a computer has, the higher the RAM the more it'll multi-task. The faster the processor, the more efficiently it'll multi-task. I would suggest looking for a computer with a decent INTEL processor. Core 2 DUO with 2.4GHz processor and possibly 2GB of RAM minimum. The chip. that depends on what you want, I have Intel for my desktop and AMD for my laptop. Last of all after you get your computer keep it in top shape, like it always brand new, even after three years. So make sure it don't start up and shut down slowly, have any of the different kind of stuff that causes windows explorer problem( like can't copy or move files it takes too long, no icons can be clicked on to open up anything, all icons disappears when that saying pops up and you have do a improper shut down to restart it, and other stuff) and it must shut down. Make sure Internet Explorer is working with no problems that it must shut down and sometime will restart also, or run