upgrade of hardware

[dsab]

hi,

i have a R42 IBM thinkpad with 256 MB Ram and 40GB hard disk. Can i upgrade it to 1GB or more Ram and also to a 160GB or more hard disk.PLease do also let me know if I need any further changes in the hardware to make.Also what would be the approximate cost for getting it upgraded.I am a user from India location.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers..

[iamyourmom]

A laptop would be hard to upgrade. 

But RAM would be easier to upgrade compared to Harddrive.

Note: Laptop RAM and desktop RAM is different, and so, when you buy the RAM, you must make sure it is laptop RAM.