The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.
If you have an old laptop, say a Dell( yes, I know) Latitude D600. Is it possible to update it with new hardware to the point where it works like a new notebook?
Yes, but its very very difficult. Its not worth the haslle. Some stuff is easily upgratable on some laptops e.g. hard drives and RAM, but a major overhaul of the whole system is just so hard its not worth the hassle.
You could but it wouldn`t be even upgrading and it would cost alot more then a brand new laptop, you would have to pull out all the parts and put brand news ones in which is very difficult, your better off buying a new laptop.
What he said. You would be better off just buying a new laptop."
Agreed."
The rule with laptops is that they are far more expensive than a pc equivalent, cannot be upgraded but that is offset by their mobility and their battery life, in other words the laptop you get cannot be upgraded, unless its something small like the hard drive or more RAM, but generally speaking this would be very expensive pieces and its most of the times cheaper to get a new laptop.
Honestly, if you really want to be serious about PC gaming you're better off with a desktop PC. You'll have many, many more options and the cost will be dramatically cheaper.
just like everyone else said.... basicly no you cant upgrade laptops, i dont even think you can commercially BUY! laptop motherboads never lone all the other stuff.... harddrives and RAM is easy... and can be changed.... but anything else is no basicly....
I did read about an external video card that talks to the laptop via the PC Card slot. Not sure if that's very economical though. The performance is limited by the bandwidth of the slot itself. If you really want a good, but affordable, gaming rig check out the latest line from Gateway. Good parts and doesn't cost an arm/leg.
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