Brett928S2 :
Hi
The answer is NO....no matter how many times you ask in different ways...
All the best Brett
Yes, but it's important for him to understand WHY. It IS possible to upgrade a CPU in a laptop.
The BOTTOM LINE is that you would have to check with the laptop manufacturer to find out which CPU's are supported by that laptop's specific BIOS.
(It does not matter if the CPU would theoretically work because the socket and TDP are identical. The manufacturer must have also added it to the BIOS. A computer will not start if the CPU is not recognized by the BIOS.)
I think he'd be far better off putting that $350 towards a desktop since he wants to upgrade for faster video conversion. Not counting Windows, he could build a PC for about $500 with a good quad-core, hyper-threaded CPU for the maximum video conversion processing power. That would be far faster than a laptop could accomplish especially when you overclock with a good $20 CPU HSF.