Ok, so my girlfriend is going to South Africa over the summer for a few months (AIDS charity work) and I figure this would be an ideal time to give her laptop some new shiny upgrades.
She has been pestering me for some time now to do so I asked her to leave it with me when she goes.
Its a Dell Inspiron 1300
specs -
Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz
Processor Type: Intel Celeron M
Hard Drive Capacity: 60 GB
Memory (RAM): 512 mb
Screen Size: 15.4 inches - widescreen
Primary Drive: DVD+/-RW
So I'm thinking
New HDD
New RAM
New battery.
Possibly install Linux ( not much experience here )
Trouble is, despite having built my own PC from scratch, I've no idea about laptops, I've never even taken one apart.
I'm hoping its not much different from a PC but any advice or help you guys could give me would be great.
Thanks!