how hard is it to upgrade a laptop?

[chipbgt]

if i wanna buy a old old laptop, say a p100, how hard is it to upgrade to a better proccessor, if at all? you see ti eerywhere for pc's but never for notebooks. just curious...and if anyone wants to get an old laptop off there hands, im there man =)

[Mntsnow]

Laptops are the very hardest and most expensive to try and upgrade. If you want a laptop choose one that can do what you want it to do and then just live with it! /forum/smile.gif

Mntsnow

[chipbgt]

well thats just.......no good. ok, assuming that it is hard...is it at all possible? i know ram is pretty available for it, and modems are a cinch. but I guess i can understand if th cpu is hard to upgrade. but do the compatibilities run the same as a pc mobo go ?

[Brian48]

The cost of upgrading individual parts of a laptop vary and invariably, are so expensive, you're better off getting a new laptop. Alot of the makes out there, in their effort to be the smallest and fastest, use proprietary parts. Mntsnow is correct. Laptops are a b@tch to upgrade. I've gone through 3 of them before finally saying the hell with it. I let the business provide me with a laptop if I need one. Hold off a little longer and purchase a new one if you really have to have a laptop.

[chipbgt]

you said you have been through three? got any lying around? =) all i need it for is to check mail and write notes during classes. I save all the pimped out gear for the overclocked comp at home =)