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dell inspirion 2200

post #1 of 7
9/13/08 at 9:29pm
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i was wondering if theres any modification can be done to this notebook. my uncle gived it to me and i wanna upgrade it if i can. any idea. like a graphics card. its got a pentium m and i want to get a faster processor. its got 512 memory i wanna upgrade that too. help please. got any questions please ask me.
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post #2 of 7
9/15/08 at 11:12pm
Graphics card cannot be upgraded, I think the max RAM on the 2200 is 2GB
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post #3 of 7
9/16/08 at 5:12pm
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oh i guess its pretty much trash now
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post #4 of 7
9/17/08 at 5:38pm
Actually I bleive the 2200 only has one memory socket with 256MB soldered onto the main board. Most you'll get in it is 1.25GB. Also, being the bottom-end model the 2200 only shipped with Intel Graphics. No upgrade possible.
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post #5 of 7
9/17/08 at 7:23pm
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well how would u know if the labtop u purchased has the ability to change gpu later on? how can it be determined before bought
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post #6 of 7
9/18/08 at 4:06am
To be honest, unless the manufacturer says they use nVidia's MXM or ATI's similar standardized cards you really won't know. The XPS Generation one had an upgradable GPU in it too, but the upgrade was from the Radeon 9700 to the 9800 and that was it, nothing beyond the 9800 was ever available. And really in all of Dell's other systems the GPU has only been upgradable maybe a half step in terms of generation. For instance, we may not ever see anything better than the 8800 series offered for the XPS 1730.

If you want something you're going to be able to upgrade many times and cover many iterations of hardware, you best just ignore the Laptop segment and stick with desktop PCs.
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post #7 of 7
9/18/08 at 6:51pm
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wow i guess labtops are really different from desktops. i guess all u can do is to replace the desktops. well for instance if i buy a notebook for 1400 dollars
how many years would that keep up with the games. since im into gaming. or do i need to buy one like everyyear for me to be able to play the new games that comes out.
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