R40 2723-3XU Hard Drive /RAM Question

[Dilusionx]

This will be my first post on this forum, i appreciate how much information is this forum.

I have a few questions regarding my thinkpad r40 which i've had for about 3 years, which was provided by the high school i just graduated from this past June.

Now since ill be heading off to college within a week, i've been contemplating whether to get an external hard drive or to just replace the current one which is the stock drive (34Gb). Which would you recommend?

I am also wondering if i can upgrade the ram since i only have the basic 256mb RAM. I don't know what to do at this point so any insight is appreciated!

Thanks, Dilusionx

[Harryc]

You can install up to 2GB PC2700 RAM and up to a 160GB internal IDE hard drive. If you need more storage than 160GB, then an external drive is the answer.

[Dilusionx]

You can install up to 2GB PC2700 RAM and up to a 160GB internal IDE hard drive. If you need more storage than 160GB, then an external drive is the answer.

Thanks for the help harryc, i am still confused about the hard drive. What exactly is IDE?

[Harryc]

You can install up to 2GB PC2700 RAM and up to a 160GB internal IDE hard drive. If you need more storage than 160GB, then an external drive is the answer.

Thanks for the help harryc, i am still confused about the hard drive. What exactly is IDE?

I'll make it easy for you, any drive listed in the following link will work - (one of the Hitachi 7K100 drives will be fastest)

IDE (ATA6) Drives at Newegg.com

[Dilusionx]

Thanks for the help harryc, i am still confused about the hard drive. What exactly is IDE?

I'll make it easy for you, any drive listed in the following link will work - (one of the Hitachi 7K100 drives will be fastest)

IDE (ATA6) Drives at Newegg.com

Thank you very much Harryc