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Question: Can you increase the ram and the hard drive ? Thank you
Document: However, this is no gaming computer, and certainly not designed for things like digital audio (where the slower hard drive would hobble it anyway).Of course this comes loaded with Windows 8, which I'm not totally sold on, and there's no easy way to "downgrade" to Windows 7 - one of my only complaints here.
I could always put an older version of Windows on, or even Linux, but part of what you pay for with this laptop is that Win8 license. Seems silly to let it go to waste.So I decided to keep the slower hard drive that came with it. The drive is not terrible. For the most part, everything loads at a reasonable speed.
If that wasn't bad enough, there's no sticker on the bottom to give the serial number for Windows 8. So, even if I were to get my hands on a disk, I could not reinstall Windows without that number. This means that your OS is locked to the hard drive that came with the computer. Bad news if your computer crashes and you need to reformat. Of course, Dell gives you the ability to do a factory restore, but what good is that if the drive itself goes bad?
Nothing but problems since receiving this Dell Inspiron. I wanted the bigger screen but the quality is missing. Hard drive arrived broken. The machine knocked like a hammer upon turning it on. Call to Dell Customer Service went well and they sent a technician out to repair it within days. He installed a new hard drive sent from Dell. We were so happy with the replacement, but he left before it was installed completely. Now the new hard drive works.
I would not recommend this as a gaming laptop even though it's a 17" with a 10-key number pad. Sure, basic games are fine, but don't expect to get into intensive FPS with topped out graphics. 6GB of memory is decent, but the 5400 rpm hard drive is a bit slow (takes programs longer to load into memory, including Windows bootup). My plan was to swap out the drive for a Solid State Drive (SSD), but there's one big problem with that.
Real looking is perfect than I saw through web and my though.As you know this is i5 and 6G ram.Working perfect and looking good!
There seems to be problems with the mouse / cursor it seems to have a mind of its own and is hard to control.
The gateway 6860 started breaking down eventually but i dont see that happening with this one.-The indicator lights on the front are small and hard to see. The power button doesnt have any light.-Really can be considered light-weight for 17in: Its 5.8 lbs with a small ac adapter.
There are so many laptops out there nowadays that no longer have this feature. I was very happy to see that this laptop has it. It works great too. On my previous laptop I was constantly accidentally opening the CD Drive. This isn't a problem on this laptop. It stays closed. You have to push a small little button in just the right way to get this one to pop open.
I find performance excellent, as long as I'm not asking it to do what it really isn't meant to do. Booting is reasonably fast (it's only got a 5400 RPM drive), and restore from sleep is quick.Program performance as well as base operating system performance are both snappy - I can switch between multiple programs with no lag, and Office 2013 loads fast and runs flawlessly.
Answer: Ram can be increased. But one does not need more than 8GB. Anything over that is  just overkill.Hard drive can be increased but I would have a pro do it. I am more familiar with a desktop. Much easier to change out.