Upgrading a desktop computer
is relatively easy because it has a lot of space and nearly all of its
components are replaceable. However, doing the same with your laptop is a difficult
proposition, though still possible. Laptops are compact and many of their
components are fixed.
What you can and can’t upgrade
Here are some of the things
that you can upgrade in your laptop from a shop for computer
maintenance Bishops Stortford:
- Hard
drive or SSD (storage)
- RAM
(memory)
- Optical
drive (DVD or Blu Ray)
- battery
Here is what you cannot
upgrade:
- Display
- Motherboard
- USB
ports
In some laptops you can
actually upgrade the display, but with most thin laptops the display is glued
to the form factor and changing the display will make it look worse.
Upgrading storage
Storage is the most common
upgrade that people make for their laptops. Here are your options:
- If
your hard drive is slow, you can opt for an SSD which is more than 5 times
faster, but also more expensive
- If
you need more storage space, you can upgrade to a higher capacity hard
drive
Soldered components
Some laptops do not come with
optical drives, so they cannot be added as there is simply no space. There are
cases where you cannot upgrade even storage or RAM because they are soldered on
to the motherboard to save space. If you have such a laptop, you pretty much
have zero upgrade options. The only way to avoid problems with your laptop then
is to replace it with a new one.
If your laptop is under
warranty, you can get it changed from the manufacturer. If not, then you can
choose a service for computer maintenance Bishops Stortford. Most upgrades are
not very expensive beyond the cost of the new components themselves.

