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AFAIK, most OEMs have a policy of "if you open it, you void the warranty." So you'll need to be REALLY careful when you unscrew the drive cover.
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That's what I think too.
Tearing a machine apart, may void a guarantee, but changing stuff that it user serviceable by ports on the underside of a laptop, should have no effect on the guarantee.
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There's been a bunch of front page deals for pc ultra portables at the microsoft store. She could also get an 11" macbook air, new one for ~$1000 and last years for ~$900.
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And it's dead :(
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You know the drill, Order now or miss it :(
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sniff, sniff. I know.
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Acer Aspire TimelineU M5-481TG-6814 Ultrabook Intel Core i5 3317U(1.70GHz) 14" 4GB Memory 500GB HDD + 20GB SSD HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE - $780
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Too late.. She got this "barf" zzz Some guy convinced her to get it at staples.
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As a slickdealer, i disaprove. I'm going to get her a samsung 830 120gb ssd and throw it in for her. She notices the laptop is slower than the desktop i built for her (well it has a 60gb m4 os...
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An i3 or i5 would probably have enough juice.
For a college laptop weight and battery life are two of the most significant considerations.
Also, over the course of 4 years, I'd rather have...
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The Dell that is on the FP is quite a powerful machine all around, with a nice screen. Way overkill for what you say she is going to do. I had a 15.4" in school and found it to be ok, but too big to...
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You can get 1600x900 on the dell e6420's. Most all the latitudes I've seen in the past offer high res 14" screens.
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Ya thats the problem but if your not doing graphics or anything intense it should be fine for most school work. ...
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Still looking for one, just saw two from FP with xboxs. Any opinions?
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Not to be contrary, but I don't know of ANY major mfr where this is the case. Dell, Lenovo, HP - heck, you can even swap drives & memory in Apple laptops these days. So the only limitation in...
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Neither of them do it anymore. You can open up & poke around inside the machines to your heart's content & will not void the warranty.
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So she decided to pass on the backlit keyboard?
It's not a bad machine, not that good looking, but not ugly either, a bit heavy, they do claim 9 hours of battery life, although I have a hard time...
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I've been told this by both Dell and HP. Maybe they changed?
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So my friend needs to get a laptop for college this fall. She is willing to wait till July for it so I'm hoping for price drops by then on the new ivy bridge laptops. But it would be nice for her to...
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If you keep the original hard drive, you can pop it back in, in the event that you need any guarantee work done.
You could even buy it a USB case, so as to use it as a back up drive, making sure you...
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Yea I was planning on doing that. Get a usb 3.0 powered 2.5" enclosure.
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A ~$800 13.3"-14" i5/i7 ultrabook + $100 in extended warranty would be my choice. It's portable and fast and you don't have to worry about fixing it for her. Plus SSD is already included.
The...
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The only thing I saw a problem about 13" and 14" screen was the low resolutions. I was looking at that 90 dollar 830 120gb on the fp too.Maybe that acer on fp .
