ST4110 battery life and hard drive upgrade

[fbruno]

Hi,
I am thinking of getting a 4110 to go back for a PhD this fall. I really like the idea of onenote recording audio while you write. As I will be taking 3 hour courses, my first question is, will the 4110 last for 3 hours during a lecture? My second question is that the one I am looking at has a 20GB hard drive. I have an 80GB 2.5" HD from a laptop upgrade I did. Can I swap the hard drives? Can anyone point me to a guide on opening up the machine?

Lastly, what type of RAM does it take for upgrades. It comes w/ 256, but I would like to get as much as I can to improve performance. My last tablet was a TC1000. Great form factor, but ran slower than an old 486. The pen couldn't keep up with my writing.

Thanks,
Frank

[alltp]

If you turn off the wireless and turn down the screen brightness, you could get 3 hours with a new unit. How long the battery will last with a used unit is hard to say. As far as putting the 80Gb notebook hard drive in, that shouldn't be a problem provided they share a similar connector. Most tablets just require two screws to open a panel on the back - I don't have that info on the 4110.

As far as RAM, you can get the info and purchase here:

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...T4000%20Series