I need a professional opinion.

[billberry12]

Will changing form a Celeron 1.3 to a ULV 7300 Core Duo 1.3 processor, and changing from a 5400 rpm hard drive to a 7200 rpm hard drive give me any noticeable performance improvments, or will it be so little I won't notice. I do nothing major on my laptop. Just surfing, insurance quotes from various companies quoteing software, quicken, Office 2007, internet etc. I run W7 HP. 32 bit

I have chance to trade up my laptop with the two above upgrades and also to an b/g/n wireless card form a b/g for aobut $150-$175. How much is this total trade up worth, if anything? It is the same model laptop, except for the three upgrades.

I really appreciate any input from this forum.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[manhunter2826]

I personally think you will notice an improvement; what about upping the Ram also.

 

[billberry12]

Thanks

To get a 4gb stick for this rig costs about $150.

What do you think these other three options I mentioned in the original post are worth. I cant afford both. Would I be better to get the 4gb ram, and keep the old laptop with the new ram? Or get the newer laptop, but still with 2 gb ram, and the other three upgrades?
Thanks,
Bill

 

[whs]

The duo core will be noticable. The faster disk barely. But as manhunter says, the key to performance is RAM. 3GBs is ideal for a 32bit system.

What do you think these other three options I mentioned in the original post are worth. I cant afford both. Would I be better to get the 4gb ram, and keep the old laptop with the new ram? Or get the newer laptop, but still with 2 gb ram, and the other three upgrades

In that case I would vote for the upgrades - meaning the new laptop.

 

[pebbly]

To get a 4gb stick for this rig costs about $150.

What do you think these other three options I mentioned in the original post are worth. I cant afford both. Would I be better to get the 4gb ram, and keep the old laptop with the new ram? Or get the newer laptop, but still with 2 gb ram, and the other three upgrades?
Thanks,
Bill

get the newer laptop , you can upgrade the ram later when you can afford it

 

[manhunter2826]

To get a 4gb stick for this rig costs about $150.

What do you think these other three options I mentioned in the original post are worth. I cant afford both. Would I be better to get the 4gb ram, and keep the old laptop with the new ram? Or get the newer laptop, but still with 2 gb ram, and the other three upgrades?
Thanks,
Bill

Ah, I'm slightly confused now. I thought the options presented were purely that of an upgrade in hardware - not that of a new laptop on offer. In which case, I personally would go with the new laptop (and the upgraded spec.) and live with the 2GB Ram - Windows 7 will cope with that with ease for your needs IMHO. Anyone else/?

 

[Krispy1]

yes for sure. u will see nice increase. but u should also note by going from single to dual and 5400 to 7200 your battery life is gonna take a bit hit

 

[billberry12]

Thanks. I didn't think about that, and I spend several hours a week on battery with clients in their home. That is an important condideration.