Dell Inspirion upgradability
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
Dell lies. Dell sucks[^]. You should check out his follow-up posts as well. This is one pissed-off guy :-) Having said that, I've an 8600 and it's generally been OK. That is, once I get everything sorted out - it came with the video drivers incorrectly configured, the wrong drivers on the CD and the tech support guy not wanting to believe either.
Lets be honest, isn't it amazing how many truly stupid people you meet during the course of the day. Carry around a pad and pencil, you'll have twenty or thirty names by the end of the day - George Carlin Awasu 2.1.2 [^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
In general, I've had good experiences with DELL, but ended up with an IBM T41P last time. They're "tougher" somehow. DELL has become a bit too "plastic"-ish. Difficult to explain, but one you've made a direct comparison you understand why the IBM is way more expensive. It all comes down to you personal preferences and how you portable you really need it to be. Anyway, I haven't seen a laptop yet where you coulnd't just switch the harddrive for another - but the memory may be an issue. Actually it seem to depend on the model - not always the brand. But I think DELL is relatively "relaxed" on this issue and I believe you can use standard RAM blocks as you like. Just make sure that you have a free slot accessible when you buy. Happy hunting :-D /Jan Do you know why it's important to make fast decisions? Because you give yourself more time to correct your mistakes, when you find out that you made the wrong one. Chris Meech on deciding whether to go to his daughters graduation or a Neil Young concert
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
I've had an Inspiron 8600 for a while now and I love it. Hard drive and memory upgrades are simple with extremely easy to access bays. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Blog^ Co-author of The Outlook Answer Book... Go on, pre-order^ it today! Regular Expression Library builder^
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
I order an Inspiron 6000 last friday, on special. I got a 7200rpm, 60G drive as folks here suggested. Notebook drives are a real bottleneck, so paying extra for a 7200rpm drive is a good idea, if you can afford it. I've had an Inspiron 4100 for around 3 years which I'm Wirelessly using right now. It has had the hard disk replaced and the touchpad and keyboard. I purchased the extended 3 year NBD warranty which is well worth it. The 4100 has travelled OS several times and I've been more than happy with it and Dell. Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows www.getsoft.com and Surfulater www.surfulater.com "Save what you Surf"
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I've had an Inspiron 8600 for a while now and I love it. Hard drive and memory upgrades are simple with extremely easy to access bays. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Blog^ Co-author of The Outlook Answer Book... Go on, pre-order^ it today! Regular Expression Library builder^
Many thanks Taka, Brian, Jan and Neville, for your replies. :) It's good to hear that the HD and memory upgrades are "simple with extremely easy to access bays." I think that's swung it for me. I'll blow what money I have on getting a decent screen/graphics and fast HD, and forego slightly on the memory and HD size. THanks again guys. Jon
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
I strongly recommend the Inspiron 6000. I've been using Inspirons since 2000 and have been very happy with them. A couple of recommendations: (1) Buy a 7200 rpm drive (I think the only they offer at this is speed is a 60G drive). (2) Get a machine with a single 512M chip. That way, you can add another 512M chip later. There's no need to buy the second chip from Dell. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
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Hello. I'm on the cusp of buying a new laptop/notebook, and have been thinking of getting a Dell Inspirion 6000. I don't have the money to buy the top-of-the-range model that I would like, so I need to make some compromises. Do any of you out there have experiences of Dell Insiprions? Do you know how easy it would be to, say replace the hard disk with a larger disk at some stage in the future? Would it be a case of simply buying a standard hard disk and bunging it in the machine? And the same for memory? I was thinking that I might scrimp on these at the moment, and upgrade later... What would you recommend? Cheers, Jon
When buying from Dell I always recommend getting the lowest memory possible because quite simply Dell's memory is way over priced .. definitely cheaper to upgrade post-purchase .. just hit crucial.com. Good Luck (btw, I have 600M and I love it)
