HP Elitebook Folio 9470m Laptop - Upgrade Path

[BeornBear]

I have an HP Elitebook Folio 9470m 14" laptop with Intel Core i5-3427U (2 core/4 thread), 8 GB RAM, 240 GB Kingston SSD, and 32 GB msata ssd. I am considering on upgrading the Msata drive so that I can set up a dual boot laptop between Windows 10 and a Linux OS, such as Ubuntu or Zorin. I might upgrade the RAM from 8 G to 16 GB RAM. 

 

 

I would appreciated any suggestions on the best options to update an older laptop. I will mainly use for classes at VCC and perhaps Linux. I am using my desktop computer for most of my productivity, including VMs. 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

39 minutes ago, BeornBear said:

I have an HP Elitebook Folio 9470m 14" laptop with Intel Core i5-3427U (2 core/4 thread), 8 GB RAM, 240 GB Kingston SSD, and 32 GB msata ssd. I am considering on upgrading the Msata drive so that I can set up a dual boot laptop between Windows 10 and a Linux OS, such as Ubuntu or Zorin. I might upgrade the RAM from 8 G to 16 GB RAM. 

 

 

I would appreciated any suggestions on the best options to update an older laptop. I will mainly use for classes at VCC and perhaps Linux. I am using my desktop computer for most of my productivity, including VMs. 

 

 

Maximum RAM support seems to be 16GB. With how simple the bottom cover comes off and the available room for expansion, these older EliteBooks can be turned into pretty good workhorses. 

 

https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c03559797

[powertoys]

16 minutes ago, BeornBear said:

I would appreciated any suggestions on the best options to update an older laptop. I will mainly use for classes at VCC and perhaps Linux. I am using my desktop computer for most of my productivity, including VMs. 

 

I'm fairly sure that the only thing left to improve is RAM (that CPU supports up to 32 GB of RAM, 16 GB on each slot). However I feel that's extremely overkill for such specs.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 hour ago, unnerfed cthun said:

I'm fairly sure that the only thing left to improve is RAM (that CPU supports up to 32 GB of RAM, 16 GB on each slot). However I feel that's extremely overkill for such specs.

That would require an entirely different board as the CPU is soldered directly onto the board. Which was common for ultrabooks at the time from what I remember. Before even bog standard issue laptops all had soldered CPUs. 

 

 

Nevermind I'm stupid and read RAM as CPU.