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    Dell Latitude CS cpu upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pgar23, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. pgar23

    pgar23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for reading my post.
    Yes. I am well aware this is an old notebook.
    I am a college student in need of a laptop, so I bought this one for $100...
    Should I upgrade the CPU?
    As of now these are the specs.

    Dell Latitude CS, 14" Screen, PII 400Mhz, 384M Ram, 12GB Hard Disk, CD-ROM,
    Floppy Diskette Drive, Power adaptor, Working condition.

    I have never worked on laptops b4, but I am highly familiar with desktops. I took a hardware course at school and understand mostly everything about computer hardware (and a little about notebooks).
     
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    pgar23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    bump for help.
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Laptops are an entirely different matter than desktops, and even I hate to have to rummage around them to do anything.

    Anyway, a PII notebook is not really going to be upgradeable. I mean, you might be able to upgrade it, but only to something ever so slightly faster. And you'd probably be stuck with a PII anyway, which is ancient.

    I mean, if it works great. But if you need more power, you need a much newer PC.
     
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  4. Matt

    Matt Notebook Deity

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    CPU's are difficult to upgrade on notebooks... to say the least. Not only do you have to be extremely cautious, but you also have to find a CPU that is compatible with your motherboard. In my opinion, it's not worth it. My advice: purchase a new notebook if you need more speed, it's more worth your time/money. ;)

    Also, no need to bump that frequently. ;)

    Edit: AH! Greg beat me... :p

    Matt
     
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    pgar23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    alright, sounds like im stuck with it. Thanks for the replies. appreciate the input.

    Also, is there a place online that offers super cheap notebooks? (even if they are reasonably old, but not ancient like this) possible URL or something?
     
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    looking for price range below $200...as i just wated $100 on this

    EDIT: price range around $200 or below.
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hmmm, I've been thinking about this a little...

    While XP or any version of Windows might bring this laptop to a crawl, you might find that it would run perfectly fine with Linux installed. I'd be willing to bet you could get Linux to do anything you need it for...

    As for a notebook, eBay might be one place, Dell Outlet is the other I can think of. But try Linux first, and browse over to the Linux forums (in our site) for some help. They might be a great resource for you.
     
    Greg, Aug 26, 2007
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