Bruce, there is a little flap at the bottom of your notebook that you open and swap out the RAM. Very easy procedure. I do not think it would void any warranty either. If you have problems with your laptop, you can always swap the DELL RAM back again.
Just make sure that you disconnect your laptop from the power source and remove all your batteries before opening it up. Heat should not really be a problem in Cape Town. It might be the Linux version that was causing the problems. If it works on the beach in Crete at 32 degrees, then you should have no problems at all :-)) The Inspiron range is almost the same as the Latitude range, but Dell keep parts for Latitude longer (I believe 5 years or so). The Inspiron is supposed to be mostly for private users, whereas the Latitude is aimed at the professional. However, as I said, they are mostly the same machine so pick whatever works best for you. Regards Heinz -- Dr Heinz M. Kabutz (PhD CompSci) Author of "The Java(tm) Specialists' Newsletter" Sun Java Champion http://www.javaspecialists.eu Tel: +30 69 72 850 460 Skype: kabutz Bruce S. wrote: > David - that screen size does sound awesome - Dell's site does not > list and Inspiron 9300 (old stock I assume) but the Inspiron 1720 has > the same size screen and looks like an excellent option. I'm also > leaning towards using Ubuntu even though my Linux knowledge is non- > existent beyond the odd "ls -la" command. > > Soren - I hadn't even thought about heat as an issue - probably won't > affect me here in Cape Town...WXGA, UXGA, SXGA are all new terms to > me..but thanks for bringing it up - best I get familiar. > > Heinz - What are the implications on the warranty if "non-Dell" > supplied/installed RAM is installed? Does it not void the service > plan? I'm not really too keen on the Mac option to be quite honest. > I'll keep a careful eye on prices - I believe that Mac's are a lot > cheaper in the States. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
