Upgrading Memory/New Battery

I gave my daughter my older Lenovo T4400 Pentium Dual Core with 4 Gbs of DDR3 1066. I think it's about 3 years old, but not exatly sure. Anyway I'd like to upgrade the memory from the 4 Gbs to 8Gbs hoping to improve the speed as it's been running terribly slow. I've run Spybot and Ad-aware and have run Smart Defrag optimization on it hoping that would help. I also thought maybe 1 of the memory chips have gone bad, but the System still show it has 4 Gbs of memory so I don't believe that's why it's running slot either. The computer hs a 320 GB HD , but only 50 GBs of tht is used up. So I decided to just upgrade the memory as my last hope before taking drastic measures of having someone look at it or the more likely shell out $400 for another laptop. It's a $400 I relly don't have to spend on a laptop though. So back to upgrading the memory on this Lenovo T4400. What I really need is to know how to open the area to find the memory so I can remove it and then add the 2 new 4 GB memory sticks. I have changed memory several times on Desktop computers and once I added memory to my new Asus Aspire, but I haven't dealt with the inside of laptops very much. Cn someone please give me detailed instructions on what screws need to be removed and perhaps even a detailed picture.
Also the 6 cell battery in the laptop is on it' last legs. It holds a charge for about 10 minutes. I'd like to buy a new battery for it, but have no idea how or even know where to begin. Do I need to buy a specific battery or does any 6 cell laptop battery work? Can I buy a battery that lasts longer then 3 Hours without recharging? Please help. Thanks
EDIT: Per Request the Model is a Lenovo G550 T4400 Pentium DC with 4 Gbs DDR3 1066 Ram and 320 GBs HD

When you purchase the SSD you'll want to buy it as a "laptop kit." These kits generally come with 1) USB to SATA adapter 2) cloning software 3) screw driver 4) manuals and other extraneous stuff. You install the cloning software onto the computer and then connect the SSD over USB with the USB to SATA adapter and press a few buttons. Then you wait for a long time while the software copies everything over to the new drive and verifies that its a good copy. The USB to SATA adapter is how the data from the current HDD gets on to the SSD. It can be painfully slow over USB2, but its worth it.
After that, the software advises you to shut down the machine, so you do. Then you simply swap the drives. This is simply a matter of removing a few screws, pulling a drive out, and putting the new one in. Then you screw everything back together. In my opinion, its easier than replacing RAM, but takes longer because of the waiting while the drive is cloning. I normally buy an inexpensive external USB enclosure when I purchase the SSD to put the old HDD in. I like to use the HDD as an external backup.
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1 - How do I even check how much memory I have left on this computer?
2 - How do I check how many battery cycles are left?
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1 - How do I even check how much memory I have left on this computer?
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3 - I want to upgrade to Microsoft Office '11 because I don't have Adobe Acrobat to creat pdf's and I need to be able to do this for school... Instead of buying acrobat, I figured I would just upgrade to Office '11
You don't need Office 2011 to create PDFs. Any application capable of printing can create PDFs on a Mac. Just choose File -> Print, but instead of clicking the Print button in the print dialog, click the PDF button and choose Save As PDF in the menu that appears.
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Fully charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full charge capacity (mAh):          0
Health Information:
Cycle count:          0
Battery Installed:          No
Amperage (mA):          0
Voltage (mV):          0
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AC Power:
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          20
Automatic Restart On Power Loss:          Yes
Wake On AC Change:          No
Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake On LAN:          No
Current Power Source:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
Wake On AC Change:          No
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Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
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ID:          0x0100
Wattage (W):          85
Revision:          0x0000
Family:          0x00ba
Serial Number:          0x00a0caf9
Charging:          No
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konradsa wrote:
Ok, you go and pay that 80 bucks, I will go have a nice dinner with the money I saved.
Fair market value for a legitimate iPhone battery would be about $40-50. If you're paying anything less than that, then you're getting an inferior battery. How much did you pay for the replacement battery? Let's assume you didn't get scammed, and actually did purchase a quality (albeit unauthorized) battery.
So, you saved about $30-40. Okay, good so far. However, now you run the risk of:
A) The installation was performed incorrectly, and causes a problem down the road.
B) The battery or iPhone has a related issue within the next few months, and you pay for another battery and/or another installation, because the first one didn't fix the problem.
C) That battery wasn't actually a quality battery; it was just priced like one, and it leaks, expands, causes a fire, etc.
There's a phrase you need to learn; penny wise and pound foolish.
Depending on the context, it has various meanings. In this context, it means you are trying to save a little bit of money in the short term, but failing to see the possible long term costs.
Let's take a hypothetical:
I have an iPhone 6 Plus, 128 GB. Retail cost: $949 USD + tax.
My battery needs to be replaced. Apple quotes me $79 USD + tax. I find a place in the mall called 'iFix iPhones 4 U' that will do it for $40, parts and labor included.
"Heh, dumb Apple, they think I'm a sucker. I'm saving me $39 and taking my girl out to a fancy place, like Red Lobster!" (sarcasm intended)
About three months later, I notice that my iPhone 6 Plus is getting really warm. Like, toasty warm, almost enough to burn my skin.
I go back to the kiosk in the mall that replaced my battery. They tell me they don't warranty their work past five days, and they could replace the battery again for $40, if I want. Great. Now I've broken even, but at least I have that great Red Lobster dinner memory!
A few weeks later, the screen flashes red, and the iPhone locks up.
The kiosk guy tells me he's down, and to go somewhere else. He's sick of seeing me, because he's already got my money, and there's a sign that says 'All sales final'. What am I gonna do? Hire a lawyer over $80?
Maybe Apple can help. I go to the Apple Store, explain my case, they inspect my iPhone, and then tell me they cannot replace the battery because the device has had unauthorized service. Dang. Okay, but I've heard that I can get an iPhone 6 Plus exchanged, even if it's damaged, for $329. Surely they will do that, right?
Nope. Unauthorized modifications void ALL support options from Apple. Meaning I cannot get it replaced by Apple. So, what are my options?
A) Pay another $949 USD + tax to get another iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB.
B) Find another unauthorized shop and try my luck again... and again... and again.
Guess I'm not going to Red Lobster anytime soon.
“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”
TL;DR Version: Saving $30-40 bucks today might end up costing you 20x as much later on.
Instead of that nice dinner, chew on that instead.

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You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
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Are my applications compatible?
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I am holding iPhone4 and my iPhone4 become slow or unresponse after upgrading to IOS7. For example, when I wanted to call someone, I click on contact and search a person name, the iPhone4 hang before I can type the complete name. I need to wait for several second for OS to time out. It is really problem for me. When I need to call a person urgently, I can successfully call after 1 to 2 mininute to wait for iPhone to response.
It become unusable for my day to day activities and it affect my woork.
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iTunes free download from www.itunes.com/download
Then... Restore as New (not backup) and Re-Sync your Content.
Restoring > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
SYNCING with iTunes > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

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A buddy of mine needs a new battery for his Black 13" Macbook. The model is A1181.
There are some Anker batteries on Amazon.com for $62.99 with free shipping which seems like a great price. The only problem is they don't ship to Canada... So I obviously cannot buy one.
The Apple replacement batteries have terrible reviews and are outrageously price so forget that.
What options do I have? OWC? Any recommendations?

And for the cost of a new battery, you could likely get the logic board checked and the defective solder joint fixed.
Good battery story. In an as-new iBook G4 bought online from Apple Store, I returned new batteries under the/then battery replacement program. Mine had no sign of failure or defect. The two new replacements were cycled in use so they were about equal in use.
These are like produce and do not store well if not exercised. Anyway, these replacements failed to retain a useable portion of their battery life cycles in as little as 55, each; no matter the various well-known hoops a user can push their portable and its batteries through.
So, I'm looking at a battery from OWC because there are few other sources as the hardware goes antique on me. And am looking at a SSD for that last-model iBook 12" but doubt the upgrade is worth it. And also have a MacBook 13" coreduo, G4 mini, & others.
{the portable was bought to use while endless repair attempts were made on an iMac under warranty failed to bring it up to servicability and I'd already donated away a nice working Mac on arrival of my first Apple under AppleCare. Sadly, no authorized service in my state at the time existed that could fix it. It's dead, too}
Anyway, you get what you paid for, depending on what you pay for in addition to what you get. Express shipping got the warranty papers in a box the next day, but they forgot to ship the computer, it took a month from Apple since it was sent eventually by slow ground via Canada. The route that broke earlier new Macs.
So the OWC battery looks fairly good, at a distance.
Never did any business with them so far.
Good luck & happy computing!

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