8600 upgrades?

Question

I just got my 8600 last week and so far am very happy with it.   Its my first laptop and I haven't done much research on how far upgrades with laptops have gone.    I was just curious if its possible to upgrade (as in replace) HDs these days?    If so, where's a good *discount* website I could look at?         Also I was wondering about the battery....  While looking on the specs I noticed it said the 9-cell is good for 500 charges.    What is considered a charge?   Should I expect to replace the battery within the year or should it last the life of the laptop (2-3yrs?)

Augie65 · Answer

Yes, you can upgrade your laptop with any mobile 2.5mm hard drive. I bought mine at ZipZoom Fly which is one very good site. There are others, just do a Google search for mobile hard drives.
The battery is charged each time that you connect the AC adapter to the laptop after you use your battery. Depending on use, you can expect the battery might last a year or more, as I said, this depends on use.

ejn63 · Answer

Newegg.com is another good source of drives.

Figure on 1.5-2 years of use before a lithium ion battery will no longer hold a sufficient charge. Whether or not you charge it, it will die of old age - just use it normally, avoid temperature extremes of cold and hot, and deep discharges.

EvilFerretVicti · Answer

@Augie65 wrote:
Yes, you can upgrade your laptop with any mobile 2.5mm hard drive. I bought mine at ZipZoom Fly which is one very good site. There are others, just do a Google search for mobile hard drives.
The battery is charged each time that you connect the AC adapter to the laptop after you use your battery. Depending on use, you can expect the battery might last a year or more, as I said, this depends on use.

Wow...pretty expensive compared to desktops...heh. So what steps do you take to install it? I'm guessing the HD is on the bottom of the laptop and I'll just have to unscrew it... but are the IDE and molex connectors the same or do laptops HDs connect a different way?

swimchick21 · Answer

The hard drive is a slide in peice on the 8600.  It's located where you see the audio ports for you to connect speakers or headphones.  Theres a screw in the bottom left hand side of your computer that you need to take out.  After that just pull the drive out and install the new one.

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