laptop requirements?

[articSS]

i see that cpu speed shows a minimum speed of 500mhz but i got a deal on a cheap laptop but the speed is only 298mhz will this work? and if not can i upgrade it?. sorry for the dumb question but im new to this thanks

[articSS]

anyone?

[Tordne]

500Mhz is a very low min requirement. Going below that, and certainly 300Mhz is going to b very painful!

[ScarabEpic22]

I (used to) run EFILive Scan and Tune on a 700mhz Celeron w/256 ram and a 6gb hdd, and Win xp home sp2. It is painfully slow, so now I make all the tunes on my desktop and copy them via flashdrive to a friend's laptop on long term loan and flash it that way.

Basically, 300mhz probably wont cut it, I dont think you could get win xp on that thing. I had win xp on a 366mhz celeron for a friend, and it creeps along, but is fine for the net, word processing, and the occasional solitaire but not much more.

[articSS]

is there any way to upgrade the laptop speed

[Chevy366]

is there any way to upgrade the laptop speed
Put a faster processor in .
But then you can only do what the Mainboard and BIOS is capable of .
Or if by chance you could find a Mainboard that would fit the Laptop case and had a faster processor .

[McRat]

If you already bought it give it a shot. First "strip" windows down as much as possible. No antivirus, no network, no screensaver, no energy saver, etc. Biggest problem might be that it will be USB 1.0 instead of 2.0? USB 1.0 is very slow on the communication speed.

[articSS]

thanks guys waiting for the ups to deliver my efi live v2 package as we speak. i guess ill give it a try to how it goes.thanks for the help

[joecar]

More memory helps in speeding up everything.

[Tordne]

You are wasting your time trying to get a 300 Mhz PC to much faster... Memory will help, but that CPU is light years behind what is currently available performance wise!

[articSS]

well can you recommend a decent laptop under a grand?

[ScarabEpic22]

Dell and HP make good laptops, check out their websites and you can usually build a pretty decent system for a grand.

[Chevy366]

Any .

[Chevy366]

Here is a small 98 or XP install , http://www.litepc.com/index.html .
98 boots up in 3 seconds .

[Ira]

well can you recommend a decent laptop under a grand?
I don't know where you are, but you can get brand new decent $500 to $800 laptops in LA by looking at the Sunday Times advertising inserts.

Todays Frys add, Celron M 1.73Ghz, 512 MB 100GB HD DVD burner 15.4 screen, Vista, $499 after rebate. That and maybe a memory upgrade would be a perfect EFILive computer.

You can see it at www.Frys.com , #: 5162176, but on-line it's $100 more.

Ira

[Chevy366]

Funny just purchased a Lenovo laptop at a local Staples for 432 to the door , just for EFILive and tuning .
Check around you can find good deals all the time , for most people I tell them to get a Dell or Gateway .
Because most people I know just know how to turn one on , customer support from a big company is the way for them to go .

[Garry]

Todays Frys add, Celron M 1.73Ghz, 512 MB 100GB HD DVD burner 15.4 screen, Vista, $499 after rebate.

Well, there's one POS ... neither the processor nor the memory will pass Vista's basic requirements ... this machine will be crawling ... and that before you even start any application ...

[ScarabEpic22]

Yea, Im with you man, I tell people about Dell and HP b/c of their customer support, personally for me if there is anything but a huge hardware issue (blown mobo, DVD burner going nuts, etc) I will take care of it in a lot less time then sending it back to wherever to have them take 2+ weeks to fix something.