Website Review: Laptop Community

Laptop community is an India centric website dedicated for all things laptop. As the name suggests, the site is dedicated to laptop reviews -- user reviews to be precise. This is what distinguishes this site from the others.

While there are other websites offering user reviews, there is a dearth of dedicated review sites specifically for laptops. Laptop community aims to be your one-stop shop when it comes to laptop reviews. Yes, there are "expert reviews" out there, however in most cases, a well written user review is far better than reading a review on a tech website which usually concentrates on the specifications and the value for money part while missing out on the actual usage reports. It is the abundance of these kind of reviews that makes laptop community worth a visit prior to homing in on that elusive laptop you were on the lookout for.

So, does the site a deserve a visit before you buy a laptop for yourselves? Read on.

Interface
The website has an uncluttered look to it. The top menu has been intelligently used to list the reviews by brand. The home page lists the latest reviews and shows up to 20 reviews. In case you need a preview of more, there is a dropdown option where you can increase the number of reviews listed.
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Pretty neat. Although this might not be a very obvious feature, it does make the navigation much easier.
The left side-bar lists popular laptops by model names listed according to the average user ratings. The good thing about these ratings is that it is category specific.

Sections
While concentrating more on user-reviews, there are different sections as well. These include useful stuff like featured articles, new launches, news and even a QnA section where visitors can post their queries and get answers from the laptopcommunity panel of experts. The video section has a good collection of laptop related videos. The forum though seems to be still in its nascent stages.

Ease of use
The website, with its comprehensive list of reviews does deserve a look before you set out to purchase a laptop. While some of the reviews may not be up to the mark (grammar, punctuation and details), this is to be expected from a site of this nature. This is far better than totally unreadable so called "reviews" I have come across many times on other popular web sites.

Overall
The website loads quite quickly. No complaints on that front. I did come across some dead links though. The Toshiba section for example when clicked upon, gave me a 404 error. Submitting a review is an easy task. All the user needs to do is to click on the prominent "write a review" link seen on all the pages. Pretty neat overall.

So is the website worth a visit? Definitely. The sheer number of user-reviews available should be enough for you to head this way. Who knows this website might just influence your choice next time you head out to buy a laptop!