laptop upagrades...

[eric©]

Once you go internal wireless, you'll never go back :)  I have an Intel
A/B/G in my thinkpad, and have been extremely happy with it.  Really the
only thing I miss about using a PCMCIA wireless card is the ability to use
an external antenna, but honestly, there's only been a couple times in the
past few years I really would have needed one.

eric

On 2/26/07, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> i'll think about the mem upgrade. i don't want to put to much money into
> this.
> What do you think about swapping the broadcom wireless card out for an
> Intel wireless minipci?
>
> -j
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: eric(c) <ericlists at gmail.com>
> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:58:47 PM
> Subject: Re: laptop upagrades...
>
> If it's an actual socket, like the expansion memory socket, then's it's no
> problem.  One of my thinkpads is the same way - one socket on the bottom of
> the machine, one socket underneath the keyboard.  Both have been swapped out
> to 512MB chips.  As for the hard drive, it's really common for 4200RPM
> drives to be installed in laptops, as they are more efficient than 7200RPM
> drives, meaning longer run time on battery.
>
> eric
>
> On 2/26/07, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >     I was going over the hardware for my hp pavilion zv5000 laptop. I
> > already upgraded the expansion memory, and I've ordered a new 7200rpm drive
> > (stupid HP puts 4200 rpm drives in a lot of their lappys). Now, I stumbled
> > upon a hardware guide that shows where the internal memory slot is on my
> > laptop. Anyone know if its safe to upgrade that?
> >
> > -j
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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