Purchasing a T61 had a few questions

Hey everyone, the fan let go on my primary laptop and im looking to get another I already own one T61 that a friend is currently using and I love it. I found another with a 2.4ghz T7700 and 2 gigs of ram for $150 with free shipping.  My first question is does this sound like a good deal? Is the ram upgradable to 8gigs like in the T61p and are there other options for upgrading the cpu?
Upgrades will be down the road but I just want to get an idea before I commit to buying it.
thanks

Buildinggam wrote:
How about a 1TB 5400rpm with an 8MB Cache sata 3.0Gb/s? 
I haven't installed a drive that large but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I have a 3TB USB-attached drive hanging off my T60p with no issues.
Incidentally if you want to get SATA-II (3Gb/s) speeds, you'll need to install the so-called "Middleton BIOS."
Cheers... Dorian Hausman
X1C2, TPT2, T430s, SL500, X61s, T60p, A21p, 770, 760ED... 5160, 5150... S360/30

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