I thought some GM965 support 8 GB RAM...
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Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
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moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate
Yes I have also seen a few threads where people say they have tried 8-6gb and it worked.
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Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
Dell of Argentina and they know that so there is probably a hefty import tax or VAT. It's just like trying to buy a car in Delaware (no sales tax) and driving it to your home state and trying to register it. Most DMV's will make you pay tax when you try to register your car. -
And about the RAM, I know DD3 is much more powerfull and efficient, but for now on, I want to upgrade my system, no matter how obsolete it is, and all I want to know is the technical especifications of a CPU and a RAM module that work perfectly fine in my motherboard. Thanks for all your answer, I will take note of all the advices, and I'll probably get some new components between december and january! -
tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...
Just because it can't be used in a 'modern' notebook, doesn't mean it's a waste of money.
Work is done by the CPU in RAM (only) - the more RAM he has the more work he can get done in the same amount of time.
You do not 'invest' in RAM for a notebook - you spend the money to gain yourself real and measurable results in productivity.
If he can buy the new system in a few months (less than 3 or 4), I would only 'upgrade' to 4GB RAM total. If he can only buy a new system in half a year or at the end of 2011, I would seriously consider 8GB RAM - he will easily make his money back on the time saved from doing his PS and video editing projects. And, he'll be able to sell the 'pricey' and 'obsolete' RAM too at that point in time (it will probably be worth even more). -
I just upgraded the CPU of my Vostro 1500 from a T5470 to T9300 (used from Ebay for $100). The performance of the laptop is noticeably improved. Even when browsing, Firefox is much more responsive. I would recommend T9300 and also to upgrade the RAM to 4GB. If you still have the original harddisk, upgrading the original 120Gb Seagate to 640GB WD also made a noticeable difference on my laptop which slightly older than yours. The average transfer rate of the Seagate was 35MB/sec and WD is 66MB/sec according to HDtune. I can clearly feel the difference. CPU+RAM+HD upgrade cost was less than $250, and I am very happy with the result.
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Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
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The situation in Argentina is fine, at least for me and for 70% of the people who lives in. And one of the reasons is that if you want to spend some money, you have to spend it here. -
Argentina exports a lot of soy beans, but not high tech. -
I'm not going to continue this too much further, as it's moving rather far afield, but I did feel I had to clear up what seems to be some basic misconceptions.
This is basic government level economics. You want to raise the prices of goods produced elsewhere, so the goods you produce in your own country compare better. As a government, would you rather be importing goods from another country, or would you rather have the company that you would have been importing from build a factory in your country and distribute goods from there, providing jobs and an economic boost to your own country? Again, this has nothing to do with your own exports, it's your domestic economy that these duties are designed to protect.
Oh, and as an aside, any American who's traveled outside the country (well, probably beyond NAFTAA at this point) and returned should be familiar with the Customs Declaration Form. This form states that anything you bring back from out of the country over $800 will get taxed (line 15). From here, (I am not absolutely certain this is the correct data sheet, it may just be for licensed importers, but it's all I can find offhand) it appears that computers do not have a general duty (line 8471), but you'll note that there are many other goods in that list that do.
Britain and the EU, because they collect VAT, operate differently. The way VAT works is that VAT is collected from _everyone_ that the goods pass hands through. Your VAT is reduced by the amount of VAT paid by any of the previous people that the goods pass through. As a result, if you buy goods from anywhere else, and then bring them into the country, you end up paying the full VAT... because there was no previous VAT collected on the goods to reduce the VAT you end up paying. The Wikipedia article is fairly instructive in this regard. Note that Argentina collects VAT (under a different name). Oh, and tying back into my second paragraph, the People's Republic of China also charges VAT... which partly explains why a lot of companies that wish to open up markets in China are moving entire factories there, as opposed to just shipping items over (in addition to all the usual perks of cheaper labor, fewer taxes, that sort of thing).
And given the current parlous state of the US economy, slinging insults about shortsighted economic policies may be a bit of the pot calling the kettle black. -
Those brands compounds the "tech sector" (as you call...) and I see perfectly fine that If anyone like you or me (or Dell...) comes to the country to sell better devices at lower prices and with better support, the government ask you for extra money (the taxes) so Bangho or Commodore or Exo could still selling notebooks and growing.
I really hate when people like you have the prejudice of say "Oh no, It's a South American country". Excuse me my friend, but here, we are not talking about ideologies or history. We are talking about what we know. I think that I don't know english's grammar very well. I think that you don't know anything about south american countries.
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In summary, if we neglect all the nonsense, upgrading T2390 is a good option. I would recommend either T8300 or T9300. Let me also recommend upgrading your RAM to 4GB if you have not done yet. These will bring new life to your laptop based on my experience with Vostro 1500.
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So: Upgrading to a Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM and a new hard disk is the conclusion. Thanks.
Upgrade of my Inspiron 1525's CPU (please help!)
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sebas0333, Dec 6, 2010.