Re: [Hampshire] [Hardware] Laptop Suitability

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:45:39 +0000
Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:

> Laura's comment about the battery was interesting, although I doubt
> Steve will use it on the move somehow. I would be interested to
> know if the memory and hard drive are user-serviceable or a
> professional repair job. Modern Dell machines allow the user to
> easily get their paws on most of the components, but this might
> just be indicative of how often you might need to do this!

New batteries are quite cheap, £50ish I think. I have replaced the
bios battery and added memory to my TP600E and the hard disk is
easily get-at-able too. No special tools needed.


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John Lewis
Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application