Re: good/best source for replacement mem/drive

2021-11-06 Thread bruce
Hi Tim. Apparently a lot of newer laptops no longer have LAN ports. They're now running the eth off the dongle. Same as no longer having the older built in DVD drives... HP USB-C to RJ45 Adapter HP Laptop 17-cp0097nr - 599 -no LAN -no DVD HP Laptop 17-ca3097nr - 729 -has pretty much

Re: good/best source for replacement mem/drive

2021-11-05 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2021-11-05 at 11:25 -0400, bruce wrote: > anyone have opinions/thoughts on using the USB to LAN > connectors, as opposed to the onboard LAN interface/port? Why would you even want to run through a dongle when you can just plug it straight in? That's a big inconvenience. -- uname

Re: good/best source for replacement mem/drive

2021-11-05 Thread Richard Shaw
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:25 AM bruce wrote: > Hi. > > Thinking of upgrading a laptop. > > Any opinions on good/best online to get 8G mem sticks as well as 1G > internal hard drive. Laptop will already have 256 SSD. > > Also, anyone have opinions/thoughts on using the USB to LAN > connectors, as

Re: good/best source for replacement mem/drive

2021-11-05 Thread Joe Wulf via users
I verify what any given system would allow for an upgrade via 'crucial.com'.  They are really good with that data. Then I note the specifics and shop around, between crucial, amazon, newegg, tigerdirect and microcenter.Beyond them, I shop around via google searches for the exact components I

good/best source for replacement mem/drive

2021-11-05 Thread bruce
Hi. Thinking of upgrading a laptop. Any opinions on good/best online to get 8G mem sticks as well as 1G internal hard drive. Laptop will already have 256 SSD. Also, anyone have opinions/thoughts on using the USB to LAN connectors, as opposed to the onboard LAN interface/port? thanks