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3 years from now when this computer is old, should I just upgrade memory for 20$ instead of replacing it? I love my brand new laptop, it's fast, fun, and there's no errors on it at all. I was wondering, if three or four years from now when it gets older, should I just buy more memory and upgrade it? I am really clingy with electronics (I can't let go of my Dreamcast, nor can I trash my gamecube, they're too fun, and I still have my old desktop in my closet). I figured instead of getting rid of this laptop in 3 years and buying another for over 1,000$, should I just buy those memory upgrades and RAM upgrades when it starts to chug a little?
Yes! You'll save a lot of money!
 
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Sure, why not?
 
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I get rid of my computer at the slightest moment of slowness
 
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Why not just get another computer in a few years?
 
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If you take good enough care of your laptop, should last atleast 5 years with no real problems. I've had my laptop almost 4 years now, I've upgraded the RAM once but it's still pretty good to todays standards, though I bought top of the line back in 2004 when I bought it.
If you take good enough care of your laptop, should last atleast 5 years with no real problems. I've had my laptop almost 4 years now, I've upgraded the RAM once but it's still pretty good to todays standards, though I bought top of the line back in 2004 when I bought it.
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Yeah, mine's good. I occasionally defragment it (not too much) and when I see too many things downloaded I uninstall all of the things I don't need. This thing's fast, even faster than the desktop I got when it was brand new.
Yeah, mine's good. I occasionally defragment it (not too much) and when I see too many things downloaded I uninstall all of the things I don't need. This thing's fast, even faster than the desktop I got when it was brand new.
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Upgrades, in my eyes, are those things you buy to make your computer cool until something worth forking out 2-3 K for comes out... for example my Laptop.... i didnt upgrade or replace it for 4-5 years.... but when i did it was one BIG jump...
From!
Toshiba Satelite A30
512 Mb RAM
2.6 Ghz CPU (Single Core)
30 Gb HDD
15-17 Inch Screen (i forget now)

To!
... doesnt really have a name its custom build...... uhhhh
Antec 900!
4 Gb RAM
Core Two Duo 2.4 Ghz CPU (2 processors)
500 Gb
19" 5ms LCD (2 monitors)

Now, when i bought the laptop it cost 2800.... when i bought my dektop with latest gear it was only 2500.... trust me, ina few years you would be better off (depending on what you do with it) buying a new PC part by part.
Upgrades, in my eyes, are those things you buy to make your computer cool until something worth forking out 2-3 K for comes out... for example my Laptop.... i didnt upgrade or replace it for 4-5 years.... but when i did it was one BIG jump...
From!
Toshiba Satelite A30
512 Mb RAM
2.6 Ghz CPU (Single Core)
30 Gb HDD
15-17 Inch Screen (i forget now)

To!
... doesnt really have a name its custom build...... uhhhh
Antec 900!
4 Gb RAM
Core Two Duo 2.4 Ghz CPU (2 processors)
500 Gb
19" 5ms LCD (2 monitors)

Now, when i bought the laptop it cost 2800.... when i bought my dektop with latest gear it was only 2500.... trust me, ina few years you would be better off (depending on what you do with it) buying a new PC part by part.
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Laptops im not sure about, but PC's you can sell your parts for ATLEAST half of what the next model parts are (providing its not a rediculus upgrade you want to get), so you get all your new parts halfprice . Only have to make one upgrade a month (if that) and you'll stick with a fairly decent pc.
Laptops im not sure about, but PC's you can sell your parts for ATLEAST half of what the next model parts are (providing its not a rediculus upgrade you want to get), so you get all your new parts halfprice . Only have to make one upgrade a month (if that) and you'll stick with a fairly decent pc.
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This laptop's faster than my 900$ Desktop. And it's been like that for almost 2 months (Desktop crapped out after January of the same year I got it)
This laptop's faster than my 900$ Desktop. And it's been like that for almost 2 months (Desktop crapped out after January of the same year I got it)
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Well smaller is the future, I'm not 100% but I think that the smaller the computer the faster it is because data doesn't need to travel as far. Take the computers from the 60's, for instance, they were as big as rooms, sometimes as big as houses and they were slow as crap and the data on them things took forever to transfer.
Well smaller is the future, I'm not 100% but I think that the smaller the computer the faster it is because data doesn't need to travel as far. Take the computers from the 60's, for instance, they were as big as rooms, sometimes as big as houses and they were slow as crap and the data on them things took forever to transfer.
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True, but my computer's not even that big. It's pretty light but something like a MAC BOOK AIR is ridiculous (it doesn't even have a disk drive!)
True, but my computer's not even that big. It's pretty light but something like a MAC BOOK AIR is ridiculous (it doesn't even have a disk drive!)
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