So I did it. I had a couple glasses of wine and got all nostalgic and ended up buying what was one of my favorite laptops back in the day. Whoops?
So it's a 1.5Ghz with 1.25GB of ram - nice right? Unfortunately it still has the original 80GB harddrive. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's total weaksauce regardless of the meager amount of data it can hold.
Now, I've been reading and understand that replacing the hdd in these things is quite the undertaking with a chance of just totally ruining most of the computer if you're not careful - bending the metal casing at the very least seems to be a common issue. Never mind breaking off that power cable on the case. Seems a bit scary.
So my question is if this is even worth the effort? My second question is what would be the best reasonably economical and speedy drive to stick in it in the realm of at least 160GB or so?
So it's a 1.5Ghz with 1.25GB of ram - nice right? Unfortunately it still has the original 80GB harddrive. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's total weaksauce regardless of the meager amount of data it can hold.
Now, I've been reading and understand that replacing the hdd in these things is quite the undertaking with a chance of just totally ruining most of the computer if you're not careful - bending the metal casing at the very least seems to be a common issue. Never mind breaking off that power cable on the case. Seems a bit scary.
So my question is if this is even worth the effort? My second question is what would be the best reasonably economical and speedy drive to stick in it in the realm of at least 160GB or so?