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jer888 · 06-17-2007, 07:03 PM

You have a really good point about the hard drive. It may be more cost effective to get a external hard drive and leave in your dorm/apartment for pictures and stuff because laptop hard drives can get expensive.

Another thing iv'e noticed, especially with the smaller laptops, is the memory upgrades are wayyyy overpriced . I believe its something like 200 dollars more on a M1210 to go from 1 to 2gigs of RAM. It would be cheaper to get the minimum, buy 2gigs of corsair off Newegg for 85 bucks, and put it in yourself.

06-17-2007, 07:03 PM	#4
jer888 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 536	You have a really good point about the hard drive. It may be more cost effective to get a external hard drive and leave in your dorm/apartment for pictures and stuff because laptop hard drives can get expensive. Another thing iv'e noticed, especially with the smaller laptops, is the memory upgrades are wayyyy overpriced . I believe its something like 200 dollars more on a M1210 to go from 1 to 2gigs of RAM. It would be cheaper to get the minimum, buy 2gigs of corsair off Newegg for 85 bucks, and put it in yourself. Last edited by jer888; 06-17-2007 at 07:17 PM.