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    Vostro 3500 upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by thegh0sts, May 2, 2016.

  1. thegh0sts

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    My mother has a Dell Vostro 3500 with an intel i5 460M and an intel GPU (no dedicated GPU) and whenever I use it to print documents it loads really slowly (still using windoes 7 but 32-bit only).

    I am wondering what upgrades i should do apart from RAM (currently at 2 x 2gb but going to 2 x 4gb) and conversion from HDD to SSD (going from a 320gb HDD to a 256gb SSD) to help extend the life of the laptop before they need a new laptop?
     
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