My friend has an Hp Pavillion dv4000 notebook with 60 gig hard drive, 512 mb RAM and Intel Pentium 1.7 Ghz processor and Intel Centrino mobile technology. He has Windows XP Home Edition 2002 service pack 2. He desperately needs to upgrade. I told him to get more RAM and Hard Drive.
2007-01-07 11:18:23 · 6 answers · asked by Charlemagne 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
He bought it last year in june so he's not that willing to replace the entire computer, and prefers to buy a new one at least a year and a half from now.
2007-01-07 11:35:11 · update #1
He bought it last year in june so he's not that willing to replace the entire computer, and prefers to buy a new one at least a year and a half from now.
2007-01-07 11:35:12 · update #2
Re- Cliger4, he watches a lot of movies on it, so blah blah. Anyway, he's sorted it out now.
2007-01-07 13:29:04 · update #3
Why? This computer is pretty much standard. If he's doing video add another 512mb of RAM. If hes playing the new generation of 2.0 GHZ games and above or need more video Ram then he needs another computer. Besides getting XP Pro or Vista I don't see where he has a problem, unless his registry is screwed up or he downloads a lot of programs that slows down his computer and thinks the problem is the computer instead of his lack of the knowledge to clean it out.
2007-01-07 11:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by postmasterfsx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking to upgrade a laptop is not a cost effective option. Laptop parts can be hard to install due to the fact that ( especially with hp) some of the parts are permanently installed and there isn't always room for expansion. Also, laptops feature much more internal wiring and one must be very careful as its easy to damage wiring such as for your screen or power supply. One option would be to contact any local authorized HP upgrade center. Another and possibly more cost effective in the long run ( as well as easily upgradeable) is to purchase a desktop PC.
2007-01-07 11:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-28 08:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by pannalal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely more ram but only do the hard drive if he needs more space.
2007-01-07 11:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by techwiz1313 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the most up to date laptop out there but it will do fine
Why is he desperate?
2007-01-07 11:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by Çlïgér4™ ♂ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup..the ram...at least 1 gig
2007-01-07 11:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋