Buying a laptop

I’m currently helping a friend buy a laptop. I’m bamboozled.

I understand almost all the numbers. I know more than the sales staff. In fact, I fix computers, so I know what breaks. I just can’t decide.

There is so much silly choice. Just one manufacturer will have something like 10 models on display – and there is not much difference between them.

One staff member told me: “Just pick a colour. They’re mostly the same.”

Computer makers: please just make it easy.