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Expandable laptop...I have a Dell Studio 1737 Vista laptop that is getting a bit long in the tooth, the battery is also extremely knackered, so I am looking at upgrading.
I have in the past upgraded this myself with a second hard drive and a WWAN (mobile broadband) mini-PCI card that also has GPS functionality - the laptop has a built in SIM card slot.
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Re: Expandable laptop...Any Thinkpad.(Original post by marcusfox)
I have a Dell Studio 1737 Vista laptop that is getting a bit long in the tooth, the battery is also extremely knackered, so I am looking at upgrading.
I have in the past upgraded this myself with a second hard drive and a WWAN (mobile broadband) mini-PCI card that also has GPS functionality - the laptop has a built in SIM card slot.
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Re: Expandable laptop...Thanks!(Original post by Mad Vlad)
Any Thinkpad. -
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Re: Expandable laptop...Ooh... I just noticed the Second hard drive point. You'd need to check to see if there's space for that model - probably need to do some research. Lenovo are great though - everything is user serviceable. They publish the hardware maintenance manuals for Thinkpads on their website.(Original post by marcusfox)
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Re: Expandable laptop...Yep, I was wondering, a while back I repaired my bro's Thinkpad and it didn't have space for another HDD under the cover. But then that was a pretty old model...(Original post by Mad Vlad)
Ooh... I just noticed the Second hard drive point. You'd need to check to see if there's space for that model - probably need to do some research. Lenovo are great though - everything is user serviceable. They publish the hardware maintenance manuals for Thinkpads on their website.
