Toughbook CF-18

[dullbird]

Does anyone know whether a toughbook is upgradable??

My model is, I can't remember processor speed think it's under 1 ghz (not sure whether that's right) and we have just under 1g ram.

I'm pretty sure my model can have up to 2g ram but no point having that with a slow processor.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[stig0000]

wouldent bother, id be looking if there is a hole new model,

our work has been thru so meny toughbooks from softwere and hardware probs, it never ends,, we send it off and with in a week its died again:mad::mad::mad: sooooooo slow, ours has upgraded ram and hdd and still no go

[dullbird]

Well I will be getting a laptop for my self.. I'm not using mine for land rover diagnostics I'm using it for Internet and mapping software.

So if there is a possibility then I will bother.. The laptop has never done anything wrong could just do with being a fraction faster

[stig0000]

Well I will be getting a laptop for my self.. I'm not using mine for land rover diagnostics I'm using it for Internet and mapping software.

So if there is a possibility then I will bother.. The laptop has never done anything wrong could just do with being a fraction faster


yerr,, hard one that one,, not much to do unless a real ecu upgrade, ;););) maby one of them 500$ laptops, they are geting prity fast now,, and i travle with my full laptop all the time, and never had a problem?, could be a thort;) just watch the bulldust,

[dullbird]

Thank stigg

But that is exactly what I'm asking I'm prepared to upgrade it if it's possible the toughbook was not cheap when I brought and have no intention of throwing it away!!
Hence why I'm asking about upgrades and not advice on what I should buy to replace it;)

[steveG]

Does anyone know whether a toughbook is upgradable??

My model is, I can't remember processor speed think it's under 1 ghz (not sure whether that's right) and we have just under 1g ram.

I'm pretty sure my model can have up to 2g ram but no point having that with a slow processor.

Any advice would be appreciated.

I don't have any experience with the toughbooks, but often a RAM increase will speed up a machine.
Really depends on what is causing it to be slow.
If you've got a few programs open (or something that uses a lot of memory), and the processor is having to swap the memory out to hard disk all the time then that processor power isn't available for programs.
In such a case an increase in RAM will reduce the swapping and free up the processor for programs.
I'm assuming its a windows XP machine since its only got 1Gb RAM?

Steve

[dullbird]

Yes Steve it's xp :)

Also I don't intend on doing it myself is was more about finding out if I can so I don't waist my time sending to someone for them to say no

[Cannon]

The RAM can be upgraded.

There's a slot underneath the speaker.

I know an extra 1 gig works way better.

It may even be able to take a 2gig stick. *EDIT* just checked. It won't take 2 gig.

Don't know about the CPU.

*EDIT* the extra RAM should be all you need to get the machine to a suitable level for what you want to do with it.

[JohnF]

someone was selling them on e-bay second hand with upgrades in them when I looked sometime ago. They had put in bigger hard drives GPS chip etc. in some of them. And they were fairly cheap. I would have liked one, but got a cheaper laptop instead.

[Hymie]

I've got a CF24M and it may be a bit on the slow side, but I've had it for years and it's never let me down, (touch wood).

[fraser130]

I've got a CF-18 Mk4, (1.2Ghz with 1.5Gb RAM) and GPS, it runs Win7 fine, and is my "everyday" laptop, if you aren't doing video editing/processing I can't fault it.
The little one has already spilt coke on it, and I took it into the shower and rinsed it all out of the keyboard.
Felt so wrong, but it's been fine.
I do love it.
One day I'll get one of the car mounts for it, and mount it on the lid of the centre cubby of the deefer and use it for mapping and in-car audio and video.

Fraser