Wow that is a good price. I have a R50e Celeron (no touchpad/bluetooth or Ultrbay).

I have just ordered a used Pentium M 1.6 for £29.99 from ebay.

Would this CPU fit mine?

Is changing the CPU easy?

I've done it loads with a desktop but not a laptop.

Upgrading to Centrino seems like a winner all round for performance when required and battery life.

I am considering upgrading but am confused by the IBM site, can anyone help? Celeron M 360 1.4 CPU Fixed DVD ROM/CDR-RW drive 40GB 5400rpm Hard Disk Can I replace the Celeron with a Pentium M, if so where can I find what speed my Motherboard support? Can I replace th DVD/CD with a Ultrabay DVD/CD RR...

My R50e arrived. It's big and heavy. The screen is big too, it does suffer from a sweet spot near the middle and slightly fading away towards the edges, with slight whiteness near the edge, but for the price is very decent, I still think I made the right decision over a lighter one at double the pri...

Ah OK, I stand corrected. Thanks, that's good to know as the e models are very reasonable in price... Although it can be replaced I believe you are restricted to non-enhanced ultrabay devices which are:- 24x CD-ROM 8x DVD-ROM 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD combination drive I don't believe you can buy a le...

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-58527#graphics This is the link to the product info that tells you detailed spec and supported upgrades. The link below has a link to a support movie on how to replace the fixed Optical Drive in a R50e. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/su...

The R5x uses the Ultrabay Enhanced drives, which IBM/Lenovo has listed on their site for around $249. The FRU they list on the website is 73P3312. Do these support the ultrabay enhanced drive, I found a support video on how to change it by removing the keyboard, but the sales literature says that i...

I have just ordered a R50e with the fixed CDRW/DVD ROM optical drive, but I can't find anywhere on the web-site if it supports DVD RAM playback. If it doesn't and I need to replace it I have found on the support site how to do this, but does anyone know if the ultrabay drives will fit or can you onl...