How Much Can Laptops Be Upgraded?

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Gary Brown

Hi,

I have been building and upgrading desktops for over 10 years but know
very little about laptops. I have a NEC Versa SX w 266MHz Pentium 2
that could use an upgrade. Is it possible to replace the motherboard with
one that runs 500MHz (I assume the maximum for pre-ATX) as one would
for a desktop?

Thanks,
Gary
 
Usually not very much. That said, I got really lucky with my Dell Inspiron
8200 as you can swap out the CPU, memory, mini-PCI wi-fi card, and hard
drive. And it is upgradeable beyond what Dell ever shipped (up to 2.6GHz
cpu, 2GB DDR, Quadro video card, and 60GB 7200 rpm drive).
 
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