Newbie question about laptops

Yoonsi · 09-10-2007, 09:46 AM

Hey well I have college next year and I need to get a laptop for my engineering course. I was wondering though... Is it possible to upgrade a laptop? For example, say I buy a standard laptop for word chewing, could I later upgrade it for playing games or something?

Thanks for your time =)

tomb08uk · 09-10-2007, 10:19 AM

Laptop's are upgradeable but with limitations. RAM is the most popular upgrade, can sometimes upgrade the HDD's but its not that common to do so. You cant upgrade the graphics, though in near future are are bring out portable graphics cards that connect via PCMIA slots. But in all honesty, laptops are not ideal for gaming really...

daisymtc · 09-10-2007, 10:21 AM

Laptop cannot upgrade.
Suggest getting a desktop for gaming.
By the way, GPU good for gaming may not good for CAD (don't know what engineering are you study....)

Yoonsi · 09-10-2007, 11:09 AM

Thanks guys. I'm not really going to use it for gaming. Just for study, but it would be nice to run some older games when im on the move. I already have a desktop for gaming =)

HumanMage · 09-10-2007, 12:36 PM

The Asus C90s you can upgrade the graphics, RAM, and HDD but you are limited to what you can choose from. The model just came out last month or the one previous so its still relatively new.

Serious Chatter · 09-10-2007, 05:56 PM

I think you shouldn't buy an weak labtop if you are planning on upgrading it later and playing games on it. I think you should just buy a very strong one, and that will solve all your problems.

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Yoonsi Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 238	Newbie question about laptops Hey well I have college next year and I need to get a laptop for my engineering course. I was wondering though... Is it possible to upgrade a laptop? For example, say I buy a standard laptop for word chewing, could I later upgrade it for playing games or something? Thanks for your time =) __________________ Black computer case filled with Jam.

09-10-2007, 10:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
tomb08uk Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 836	Laptop's are upgradeable but with limitations. RAM is the most popular upgrade, can sometimes upgrade the HDD's but its not that common to do so. You cant upgrade the graphics, though in near future are are bring out portable graphics cards that connect via PCMIA slots. But in all honesty, laptops are not ideal for gaming really... __________________ Gigabyte LGA775 Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Socket LGA775 1GB Kingston Memory (2x 512mb Sticks) 160GB Maxtor Serial ATA Hard Disk 256MB Nvidia Geforce 6600 Graphics Card

09-10-2007, 11:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
Yoonsi Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 238	Thanks guys. I'm not really going to use it for gaming. Just for study, but it would be nice to run some older games when im on the move. I already have a desktop for gaming =) __________________ Black computer case filled with Jam.

09-10-2007, 12:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
HumanMage Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 758	The Asus C90s you can upgrade the graphics, RAM, and HDD but you are limited to what you can choose from. The model just came out last month or the one previous so its still relatively new. __________________ -----Laptop: Asus G1----- http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3403

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09-10-2007, 10:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,491	Laptop cannot upgrade. Suggest getting a desktop for gaming. By the way, GPU good for gaming may not good for CAD (don't know what engineering are you study....)

09-10-2007, 05:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Serious Chatter banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 206	I think you shouldn't buy an weak labtop if you are planning on upgrading it later and playing games on it. I think you should just buy a very strong one, and that will solve all your problems.

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