Thinking of upgrading my Dell Inspiron 1100...

Nickster64 · Post by **Nickster64** » July 23rd, 2004, 5:24 pm

Ok...so ive never been a big fan of dell, but a friend of mine sold me his Inspiron 1100 laptop for a very reasonable price ($400), and its brand new and works perfectly.

The specs are winXP Professional, 2.4ghz Pentium 4, 256mb ram, 20g hd, and a dvd-rom. Im looking to upgrade it to 512mb ram, and popping out the dvd-rom and replacing it with a dvd-rw. Also, I have a 60g hardrive on my desktop which i would like to make into an external drive, so i could use the laptops 20g for my OS, and keep music and files on the 60g.

-How much do you think I should be willing to spend to upgrade to 512mb, the dvd-rw, and making my 60g an external?

-Do you think it would be worth it?

-Can you recommend me to some online sites that will have the parts that I need? (memory, dvd-rw replacement for laptop, and external HD setup for an IDE 60g Maxtor)

-Can the Dell Inspiron 1100 be used w/ a docking station, if so where can I buy one online?

Thanks alot for the replies guys.

-Nick-

Sumpin_Wong · Post by **Sumpin_Wong** » July 23rd, 2004, 7:07 pm

I buy 99.9% of my computer components at NewEgg.com and have never had a problem with any of my purchases.

Nickster64 · Post by **Nickster64** » July 23rd, 2004, 8:16 pm

Thanks, im going to check that site out now.

Around how much would you guys pay for this upgrade if you were in my situation?

Sumpin_Wong · Post by **Sumpin_Wong** » July 23rd, 2004, 8:56 pm

Rough guess, but I figuring about $400-$500 to get what ya want. You didn't mention what type of RAM, and I didn't bother to look for the external HDD stuff.

But ya only spent $400 to get where ya are, so another $400 still puts you at about the purchase price (new), but with better shizz