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i need help with compter speeds
what a a good running computer speed, for example the speeds they hav at schools. i'm thinking about buying a computer but how fast of a harddrive or processer should i get?
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Depends on what you want to use it for and how much you want to spend. Believe me though, if you go the cheap way, you will probably regret it in the end. If you want it for music, I would definitely suggest a bigger hard-drive. Mine's 111GB and I have like 1/4 of it free. Also, the bare minimum you want is a 512MB, but get more. There's nothing more frustrating than a slow computer. I got a DVD burner originnally, and didn't think I'd need it, but now I'm really glad I got it. I basically got exactly what I wanted (top of the line at the time). It was like $1500 and I'm still using it 4 years later without any trouble. If you get a crappy computer though, you'll be upgrading sooner than you'd like.
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You want a computer with at least:
-1.8GHz CPU
-512MB RAM for windows XP, 1GB for vista
-50GB storage
-1x (or higher) DVD player, or DVD burner, if you ever think you'll want to write to a CD
-You do not need a video card
-You do not need a sound card
This would probably be a more comfortable configuration:
-2.2GHz CPU
-1GB RAM
-100GB storage
-3x DVD burner
-Cheap video card with 64-128MB video RAM.
-No sound card
Ignore all other numbers they give you, they don't matter for what you want.
RAM is completely different than storage. RAM greatly affects your speed, storage doesn't affect it at all. 1GB holds about one medium-quality 2-hour movie, or 250 average length songs. Windows takes up about 10GB.
If you have a choice of operating systems, you probably want Windows XP home. Windows media center and Windows XP pro are also acceptable. I recommend against Windows Vista at this time. You should absolutely not get an older version of Windows. There are other non-Windows operating systems available, and while they're very good for certain people, they're not good for you.
Gigabyte(GB) is pronounced gig-a-bite, with a hard g and soft a. Megabyte(MB) is pronounced meh-gah-bite, with "mega" pronounced like it is in Megatron. Gigahertz(GHz) is pronounced gig-a-hurts, with a hard g and soft a, and "hertz" sounds exactly like "hurts" in "ow, it hurts".
Contact me for more help. I could probably even walk you through building a decent computer for less than $300.
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