Choosing A Laptop Homepage

Question: What is the flexibility of changing laptop parts?

(Posted by: oatesyrulz on 2010-04-17 16:53:32)

I am going to buy a laptop and was wondering what degree of freedom I get with upgrading parts inside it (such as RAM, hard drive, graphics card, CPU, etc). A list of things that are changeable and a level of difficulty (one to ten?) to change it would be helpful. If it helps I will probably be getting a Lenovo G550 - 29584PM, but I would prefer an answer that gives a general look on laptops because I could easily change my mind on the exact one. Thanks a lot.

Posted by: John C on 2010-04-17, 16:55:32

You can't change the graphics card!

Posted by: Bubble on 2010-04-17, 16:59:51

Super limited. Most likely you won't be able to change anything. Laptops are made to be as compact as possible, so the parts are unique, not inter-changeable.

Posted by: sloth on 2010-04-17, 17:06:30

RAM is usually pretty easy in most laptops Hard drives are usually pretty easy to change as well CPUs require quite a bit of work, but can be changed in most full-sized laptops Graphics cards are not upgradeable 98% of the time Hope this helps :)

Posted by: Ghost on 2010-04-17, 17:10:17

Review the specs for the laptop you are interested in. Upgrades are normally limited to ram, hard drive, and maybe battery. Graphics are normally built into the motherboard. Sometimes a CPU can be upgraded, but not enough to really make a difference.