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Notebook Upgrades: Hacking your Dell/Compaq/Toshiba

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-even-knew dept.

David Steele writes "Ever wondered what you could do to prolong the life of your notebook? Or upgrade it to meet today's standards? Or maybe you want to turn your mid-range notebook into a high-end model? Hardware Analysis has an article up that takes a a closer look at the available options."

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  1. Difficult by bonzoesc · · Score: 5, Funny
    The hardest part of working on a notebook is putting it back together when you're done. It's like 3D Tetris with $200 pieces.

    The second hardest part is running your website off it when it's slashdotted. :)

    1. Re:Difficult by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 5, Funny
      The hardest part of working on a notebook is putting it back together when you're done. It's like 3D Tetris with $200 pieces.

      Yeah, but thank God there isn't someone handing you a new piece every 2 seconds!

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      If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
    2. Re:Difficult by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but thank God there isn't someone handing you a new piece every 2 seconds!

      Perhaps they should. We could have a blind-folded laptop rebuilding contest like the carb-building contest on the Dukes of Hazzard. The winner would get five positive moderations on /. as a reward.

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      "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
    3. Re:Difficult by Jimmy_B · · Score: 5, Funny
      "The hardest part of working on a notebook is putting it back together when you're done. It's like 3D Tetris with $200 pieces." --bonzoesc

      "Yeah, but thank God there isn't someone handing you a new piece every 2 seconds!" --Rick the Red
      Personally, I don't think I'd mind someone handing me a $200 piece every 2 seconds.
    4. Re:Difficult by vanza · · Score: 2, Funny

      The hardest part of working on a notebook is putting it back together when you're done.

      And the best part is, after hours of restless work and when you finally say "It's done!", you look at the table and see you have some spare parts that were not there before...

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      Marcelo Vanzin
    5. Re:Difficult by jallen02 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You have to be jealous, he has one of the biggest portable penis extensions you can buy!

      Jeremy

  2. Uses for a laptop by linuxguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, here are some of the things I use my laptop for:

    1. Code perl while riding a train to downtown Portland.
    2. Debug C++ apps in the coffee shop.
    3. Read Slashdot while taking a dump (Thanks to 802.11 wireless networking).

    I have noticed that I am more productive when I change the enviroment I work in, regularly.

  3. Re:Lack of laptop need? by Heem · · Score: 5, Funny

    (thanks to my student wife who offered to
    drive!)

    Student wife eh? is that simaler to Student Teacher, Student Driver etc? if so, how do I send mine to wife class? :-P

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    Don't Tread on Me
  4. extra parts by Pope · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, as my car-building buddies used to call them, "profit!"

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    It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.