Laptop upgrade

It depends on what you use it for. If you just want internet access…probably about 8 years. If you just want basic office products, probably about 5 years. For games, 1 year. On average, about 3 years.

Nah thats not cheap, thats decent, by cheap I mean $300 at Sams:

The Inspiron 1525: 2.4ghz 2gb ram (4gb possible) and an factory vid card.

I mean it’s no good for gaming, but it will stay up if you take care of it for 5+ years, it wont be top of the line come 3-4 but it will still be a good laptop.

My desktop I’m using right now I built for $469: 3.0GHz Quad-Core 8gb ram 2x ATI Radeon 2600XT (Crossfired)

It can handle any situation, but I’m afraid it’s going to be swamped come next year, since they are already talking 8 core machines.

Depends, if you buy some crap laptop because it’s cheap and look’s cool, its already out of date.