i have a averatec 5400 laptop or sotec and am looking to get more hard drive and memory?
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unfortunately laptops are not as easy to upgrade as desktops. the only thing you can do is buy an external drives and connect it via usb. memory is not upgradeable \n\nlaptops are made not to be upgradable as the desktops are designed for that
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ooooooooo this is a toughy does your computer have a dat drive if not better start searching ebay for one thos things are rare
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Everyone else here is right, the hard drive should be fine.  However, the screen is a loss, it is not worth replacing as a laptop display will run you $700 to $900 and for that, you can just buy a new laptop.  Also, someone suggested getting the extended warranty, the problem is extended warranties don't cover screen damage, no matter how it was caused, I know, Best Buy wouldn't fix mine and I ended up buying a new laptop.\n\nYes, you can transfer it to another computer, there are a number of utilities to do this but since it is a laptop drive you will need a USB 2.0 enclosure for it like this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817106093, this will allow you to connect the drive to any computer and take any information you need off of it.
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uhh, are you confusing memory with hard drive space?\n\ni dont know of many desktop/laptop machines with 10 gigabytes of memory.\n\nif you are asking for a hard disk drive then i suggest a seagate 250 gigabyte.\n\nbut the /best/ for a simple desktop/workstation is western digital raptor 150 gigabyte (or raptor-x if you wish to show off)
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I have a older laptop but it is a compaq presario laptop, yes I love it I even expanded the memory to increase speed its up to 1gb and it does everything I need it to do
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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Averatec has received good reviews for their entry level laptops. A few years ago, Consumer Reports gave them high marks because of the value vs. cost factor. The cost of the laptop does not reflect on their quality. They are built well and are fairly reliable.\n\nOn a personal note, my Uncle and one of my friends each have an Averatec. While neither are power user by any means, their laptops very much suit their needs, and then some.\n\nHope this helps.
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ok you only want the system to surf the net, i pressume you will at some point want to watch video files?\nso you want a system with a minimum 512MB 333mhz or faster (higher numbered) DDR or DDRII RAM(Minimum).\nprocessor speed of 1.8GHz (1800Mhz) is a little slow but will work adequetly (i built a system for a neighbour with similer requirements to yours)\nas much cach level 1 and level 2 as possible (the higher the number the better)\n\nfor your needs as a beginer 120GB (unformatted) 111GB approx (formatted) should be a good starting point, however make sure the hard drive RPM is above 7200RPM and if the system has SATA capability even if the system has no sata drive installed will enable you to upgrade to larger hard drives (although you can upgrade your primary drive) SATA transfers faster than PATA/UDMA/IDE drives of the same size and RPM.\n\nif you can make sure the System has seagate brand hard drive(s) as this brand is the most reliable you can get.\nyou should also check the systems PSU (Power Supply Unit) as most budget systems come with only around a 350 to 400W this will in the short term be ok your system may (if you get the right PSU) work faster and with a greater level of system stability with a much larger PSU for example in my primary system i have a 650W PSU but then i'm running 7 internal hard drives, 1 DVD burner, floppy multiple PCI cards, AGP graphics card, AMD Sempron 3400 CPU.\n\nyour current system at 240MB? that sounds a little problem? as memory is normaly in multiples such as 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB (1GB), and buffered or unbuffered you should never mix buffered and unbuffered in the same system or your system will become unstable.\nremember when you get your new system you should be able to install the old hard drive in the new system for ease of accessing your old personal data.\n\nif you were local to me i could possibly provide better assistance such as either browsing the stores with you or buying the components and assembling the system yourself.\nremember that if you do build a new computer and scrap your old one you can get away with using your old software, some of your old hardware such as your display panel keyboard and mouse etc.\nthe only think you would realy need to buy would be new main board, CPU, RAM, and possibly a new hard drive. you then just scrap your old system components. which means if money is tight why buy a complete new system if you only need the new components, by buying and building selectively you can get more for your money effectively. however unless you know what you are doing you could fry the componets as they are electostaticaly sensetive, so you need to ground yourself with a wrist strap or other device when building your system remeber to ground to any properly earthed such as a cable connected to bare copper on a central heating system or other similar instalation.
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Get a faster CD drive or processor and maybe more RAM.
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I'd go with the Maxtor just because it's larger. Both companies make reliable hardware so I really don't see a quality issue there. The only possible advantage with the Seagate would be if your computer has Firewire and you got a Firewire enclosure. In some cases that might be better. Go do some reading if you want...\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=firewire+vs.+usb
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You're not going to find too many high-performance laptops that can perform within the range of this Dell Laptop.  If you're concerned about performance, I'd skip the 120 GB 5400 RPM Hard drive and skimp down to a 7200 RPM hard drive.  You won't have as much storage, however, your seek times will be alot faster with that kind of hard drive.  As for suggestions.. you can save some dough by going with 2 gigs of memory.. 4 is excessive even for that computer.  \nFSB (Front Side Bus) - the data bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard.  The faster the better. \n\nShort of sizing up an Alienware Laptop thats equipped with a desktop processor (will eat batteries like nobody's business), I don't think you'll find anything too much cheaper.  You may want to check out Toshiba's Qosmio line up of lap tops.  They have similar offerings that perform close to the Dell system you're considering.
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Hmm.. It looks good, expecially if you want to do many things with it. You should ask if they offer a 7200RPM hard drive instead of a 5400RPM other then that the specs seemed to be fine. \n\nAbout the 2 year warntee worth the investment. Computers somehow tend to break after the first year. Protect your investment. 3 years they charge way to much.
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A hard drive is an independent interface although an essential one for a PC to be able to work.\n\nAny hard drive in any computer is replaceable... from servers to desktops to laptops. However any motherboard of the PC has a defined capability to handle a hard drive. Some older PCs, Servers or Laptops may not support the present day available hard drives. So check the compatibility. \n\nThere have been various technologies like IDE E-IDE SCSI as interface standards for PCs. Now if your Laptop has an interface for IDE and not E-IDE then the new hard drive u install will be ok for IDE. But if you use the E-IDE hdd then it might just address 8.6 GB and not higher. At the same time there are devices to bridge these gaps too. However the possbilities of complicated additions in a laptop are limited\n\nAs suggested by someone if replacement of interfaces such as HDD cost a fortune then you might as well buy a new equipment. \n\nAll the best.... and happy upgrading
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SODIMM is made (mostly) specifically for laptops.  SDRAM is a slightly older type of memory (PC100, PC133 anyone? :).\n\nIf you're looking to upgrade a notebook, search by the model number to find out exactly what type of ram, maximum speed, size, and slots it can accomodate.
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what ever one is on sale that has the storage you need.  There is little to nothing you will notice between the brands.  I would go with at least 300gb, or it can fill up way to fast
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check out the wesite below, you should be able to use either depending oon how many hdd you already have installed.
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dell or acer. both under $1000. you then can upgrade you HDD and RAM at a later date if needed