Hey everyone, Ill thank everyone in advance. I currently have a nice dual core desktop unit that I love but I will be going abroad next year for college and was wondering if I could upgrade my laptop to make it alittle more friendly to use. I have a HP Compaq Presario 2100 series. It has basically never been used. It has a 1.8 Celeron M 478 pin Northwood CPU and 256 MB ddr ram. I was going to upgrade the ram to 1 gb and i was wondering if I could:
1) Upgrade the CPU( like will the bios let me)
2)If I can what CPU to use. I know it has to be a 478 pin. I was thinking about a P4 M like something around 2.0 ghz.
I know upgrading the CPU means taking the whole thing apart. I dont mind that. I can do those two upgrade for about 100$ off ebay parts. All that im looking for is a computer that will last me 4 months in Europe. I will be doing College HW, talking on AIM, Listeing to Music and using Skype. Nothing too demanding I just want something alittle better than I have.
My other option is to save the money and buy a newer laptop that ill only use for the four months. Im trying to save the most money as im a poor college kid. Thank!
1) Upgrade the CPU( like will the bios let me)
2)If I can what CPU to use. I know it has to be a 478 pin. I was thinking about a P4 M like something around 2.0 ghz.
I know upgrading the CPU means taking the whole thing apart. I dont mind that. I can do those two upgrade for about 100$ off ebay parts. All that im looking for is a computer that will last me 4 months in Europe. I will be doing College HW, talking on AIM, Listeing to Music and using Skype. Nothing too demanding I just want something alittle better than I have.
My other option is to save the money and buy a newer laptop that ill only use for the four months. Im trying to save the most money as im a poor college kid. Thank!