"Entry-level notebooks tend to provide the bare minimum for a usable Windows XP experience. The memory is often sorely lacking, and the hard drives tend to be slow. Even some higher-end notebooks provide hard drives and memory (RAM) that would be considered skimpy in a budget desktop PC.

A standard notebook hard drive operates at 4200 RPM (rotations per minute) while modern desktop drives spin at 7200 RPM. This lower speed means slower access to information, which means more time drumming your fingers. Furthermore, notebooks are often sold with only 256MB to 512MB of memory, which is also often shared with the video card. This can cut useable memory by as much as 25% in some cases!

The good news is that you can almost always upgrade both of these things yourself. In this guide, I will show you how to of perform these upgrades without breaking the bank. In fact, buying the parts and performing the upgrades yourself often costs less than including them when ordering the system."

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