Can someone help me out

[crow11ad]

be improved. Hello all. My dad is getting a new laptop and he is sending me his one he has now. He sent me the specs on it and I wanted to share and asks some questions as I have not really messed with laptops all that much.

Now keep in mind my dad bought this in 2003.

It's an M-Tech 8588 XTRA
16" 1280 X 1024 with Radeon 9600 pro
Fully Upgradeable and configurable Workstation class notebook
FSB800 Intel Pentium 4
Up to 320 Gig hard drive (with 4 physical drives) and supports raid 0, and raid 1
up to 2 physical optical drives (it has a dvd/cd rw burner and a dvd rom
Has 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 802.11g (11mps/54mps)
On Audio it has 6 channel audio output, direct sound 3d accelerator, virtual ac3, s/pdif output for dvd coaxil audio
1x dvi video output, 4x usb 2.0, 1x firewire, 1 tv out, 1x video in, built in mic, speakers, internal tv tuner with remote, 6-1 media card reader
Internal portable mp3 palyer with SD card
Internal IP sharing modual
2nd hard drive bracket
3rd and 4th hard drive bracket
12v car inverter and a also has a place for finger scanning...and Windows Xp...

Now some of my questions

Being as this is 2003 technology, I still have not seen a laptop with this type of specifications. Now I know it says it's fully customizable and upgradeable...

1)do you think I would be able to upgrade the mother board with a better processor and graphics and if so where to buy a mother board that would fit everything?

I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this laptop and any suggestions you may have.

 

[cfvh600]

Generally laptop motherboards don't get upgraded like with PC's.It is a decent machine considering it's age.Why would you want to upgrade the motherboard anyway?

 

[lostandwandering]

The upgraded mobo would allow for newer dual core processors and better graphics. This is most likely an issue that you need to contact M-Tech for. You may be able to find stuff on e-bay, but I tend not to trust e-bay for expensive electronics and such.

 

[ibleet]

I tend not to trust e-bay for expensive electronics and such.

You said a mouthful there...I could not agree more!

 

[cfvh600]

You said a mouthful there...I could not agree more!

Lol I have to agree. Made the mistake of ordering a CPU from there in August. It never actually arrived. I did manage to get a refund approved a couple of days ago. Sigh.