Dennis, I had to do this a few months ago. I now have an HP Elitebook 850 i7 with 8.1/64 and a 500 GB SSD I had installed by the retailer. (It also came with a 32GB SSD as well as a standard HDD - I also had some more memory added.) It is very fast and a pleasure to use. Running 8.1 is not an issue in my view, however you can always download a free shell, which is what I have on a small VAIO I also use which started out with Windows 8. (Website is www.classicshell.net). That makes the desktop run pretty much as a 'standard' Windows machine.
Purchasing the HP dock is also worth considering. (You could connect a USB CD drive in easily via that if required.) I also installed a SSD on my main PC recently - it certainly makes a significant difference to the performance. Regards, John Docherty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Fleming Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2014 4:16 a.m. To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - OT - laptop Any suggestions for upgrading an old HP laptop (XP) to a new Windows 7/8 laptop? I have still another user on my MS word office so I may need a cd drive. TIA, Dennis ***** Dennis Fleming IISCO www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 351-5290 --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
