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By Marcia Wade Talbert | Published November 23, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

Hunt for newer processors (con't) A computer doesn't always need to have Intel Inside. Many of the laptops on sale have AMD processors, which are very good processors; but they don’t perform as well as Intel processors, says Bradford. “They are less expensive, which is why you see a lot of them at Black Friday.” If you get a laptop with an AMD processor, make sure it has one of the newest AMD processors like the Vision Pro series or a Phenom II Quad, Triple, or Dual Core processor.

Hunt for newer processors (con’t) A computer doesn’t always need to have Intel Inside. Many…