Looking to upgrade notebook
Aug 8, 2004 | 7:04 pm
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Looking to upgrade notebook
I picked up an OmnibookXE3 notebook and I am giving it to a friend so I want to upgrade it from 675mhz or so to something nice. I usually just get a new computer when it is behind, where to go to do this by myself? I am pretty tech savy.
Aug 9, 2004 | 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by ryan754
I am pretty tech savy.
Keep it at it's current speed and do what the previous poster said, just add more RAM.
Aug 9, 2004 | 11:18 am
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As MrFurious said, load up on RAM at crucial as they are consistently the cheapest and easiest to find your exact RAM type. I wouldnt put too much more into it beyond RAM but you will get your moneys worth from the RAM investment. IMO
Aug 9, 2004 | 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by ryan754
I picked up an OmnibookXE3 notebook and I am giving it to a friend so I want to upgrade it from 675mhz or so to something nice. I usually just get a new computer when it is behind, where to go to do this by myself? I am pretty tech savy.
Aug 9, 2004 | 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by winkydink
Can you add a faster disk perhaps as well? I saw a noticeable improvement in performance when I replaced the 4200rpm drive in my Thinkpad with a 7200rpm drive.
Aug 10, 2004 | 9:47 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Why bother, after adding a new drive and more ram you are out at least $450, for $300 more you can pick up a brand new machine
Not always. I have a Sony Viao 505 that is really small and light. A replacement would be a couple grand, maybe close to 3 grand. It may not be the fastest thing for windows but it works fine with Linux, which I have on there as well as windows. But the disk is real small. I was considering using it for mail (Outlook) in Windows and everything else in Linux. Are there good places to upgrade disc drives?
Aug 10, 2004 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by GadgetFreak
Not always. I have a Sony Viao 505 that is really small and light. A replacement would be a couple grand, maybe close to 3 grand. It may not be the fastest thing for windows but it works fine with Linux, which I have on there as well as windows. But the disk is real small. I was considering using it for mail (Outlook) in Windows and everything else in Linux. Are there good places to upgrade disc drives?
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Aug 10, 2004 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by GadgetFreak
I was considering using it for mail (Outlook) in Windows and everything else in Linux.
Aug 10, 2004 | 4:14 pm
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I want to upgrade it from 675mhz or so
Keep in mind few older laptops will recognize hard drives over 32GB, and that workarounds are usually neither elegant nor reliable.
IMHO upgrades beyond a 20-30GB HD and 256/512MB RAM are not worth it for vintage machines.
P1 laptops are doomed by nonstandard RAM, an 8.4GB HD limitation, and a different mounting pattern for HD's.
Aug 10, 2004 | 6:37 pm
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Originally Posted by MAN Pax
Why, oh why, would you want to keep Outlook as a mail client if you can also run Linux?
Aug 10, 2004 | 7:08 pm
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Originally Posted by MAN Pax
Why, oh why, would you want to keep Outlook as a mail client if you can also run Linux?
Anyway, with Mozilla's email client running on Windows there really isn't a reason to move to Linux anyway.
Linux simply hasn't matured enough for it to be suitable for consumers.
Aug 11, 2004 | 2:47 am
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GadgetFreak The only exchange conduit that I know is the Novell/Ximian offering. After I posted I must admit I thought "Exchange!", and it looks like I was right.
ScottC I agree that Linux is not suitable for you average end user, but GadgetFreak seems to be a more than tech savvy and happy with it, having moved over and only keeping Windoze for one app.
Personally, I use Apple Macs at home and keep an old dual boot W98 and SUSE Linux box for fun and the occaisional prog that must run on M$
ScottC I agree that Linux is not suitable for you average end user, but GadgetFreak seems to be a more than tech savvy and happy with it, having moved over and only keeping Windoze for one app.
Personally, I use Apple Macs at home and keep an old dual boot W98 and SUSE Linux box for fun and the occaisional prog that must run on M$