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Is this notebook upgradeable in the above mentioned areas? I was told from
the guy(salesman) that I bought it from that the unit I get will be at least
a 450X. He says its hard to tell with remans. Is the stock 32meg video card
upgradeable to something more formidable like a high-end ATI or NVIDIA card.
I thought that the entire 450 line came standard with an assortment of
consumer choosable wireless mini-pci cards. Even the base models both 450X
and 450XL. Well mine didn't, the mini-pci cover on the bottom has a sticker
on it that says, "REMOVING THIS STICKER WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTEE". I think
it very misleading that when you look at the non-remanufactured 450's they
list all of them even the base line models coming with some sort of wireless
mini-pci card. That was part of the reason I bought it, it seemed like no
matter what 450 I got it would have wireless, whether it be remaned or not.

The rest of my system has:
80gig HD
DVD+- CDRW 8X
15inch lcd
firewire, 2-usb, 10/100 etc..
WinXP Pro.256 mem PC-2100

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and responding to it!

Ty

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Very enlightening!
Thank you very much!
Ty

"Steven Scharf" <scharf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Is this notebook upgradeable in the above mentioned areas? I was told
>> from
>> the guy(salesman) that I bought it from that the unit I get will be at
>> least
>> a 450X. He says its hard to tell with remans. Is the stock 32meg video
>> card
>> upgradeable to something more formidable like a high-end ATI or NVIDIA
>> card.
>> I thought that the entire 450 line came standard with an assortment of
>> consumer choosable wireless mini-pci cards. Even the base models both
>> 450X
>> and 450XL. Well mine didn't, the mini-pci cover on the bottom has a
>> sticker
>> on it that says, "REMOVING THIS STICKER WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTEE". I
>> think
>> it very misleading that when you look at the non-remanufactured 450's
>> they
>> list all of them even the base line models coming with some sort of
>> wireless
>> mini-pci card. That was part of the reason I bought it, it seemed like no
>> matter what 450 I got it would have wireless, whether it be remaned or
>> not.
>
> You could almost certainly install a mini-PCI card with a modem and
> 802.11 (assuming that the current modem is on a mini-PCI card, if not
> then the mini-PCI slot might be empty,and fully available). You need
> to be sure that the internal antenna was put in at the time of
> manufacture, but it was pretty common to include it, and just leave
> the connecting wires hanging in the area of the mini-PCI slot.
>
> I doubt if the graphics is upgradable, it's probably AGP graphics, and
> even if it's on a proprietary sub-board, rather than soldered down,
> you wouldn't be able to buy or change it yourself very easily.
>
> The refurbs are a bad deal unless they are of very recent vintage.
> You're going to spend more money getting it up to the necessary level
> of equipment than the difference between a new model and a refurb.
> Also, you usually won't get the latest mobile processors on refurbs.
> If the 450ROG was not more than $900 then it wouldn't be a bad deal,
> but I don't think that they are that cheap.