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Desktop computer space.
Ok so my parents are getting me my own computer for school. The computer will be used for homework (writing papers) and the sims 2. How much spac do you think I need? Would 4gb be enough?
Sims 2 games system requirements need thi space..
Ram: 256 mb or more
Hard drive: atleast 5.5gb of free space.
What's a good computer brand at a good price?
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Mac or Dell.
I'll assume Dell, because Windows is the dominating operating system.
You can go to Dell.com and get all kinds of set ups custom built, or pick a prebuilt. They take forever, fair warning, but the computer you get is usually well put together and no PC dealer beats their warranties. For all the pain in the ass they can be getting a laptop replaced because someone else spilt liquid on it is nice.
The lowest end hard drives come with around 250 gigs of hard drive space. Cheap as hell, but you can get more if you want. Take 100 gigs or more for your hard drive.
RAM is something different. That's where your programs run, and if Vista has taught us anything you can't ever get too much RAM. 1 gig min, 2 gigs recommended.
Video card will be mentioned. The standard Dell cards are 512 megs. Plenty for you and sims 2. If you check their website, you can see a list of computer deals anywhere from 400 to 1000, for computers with 3 gigs of ram, 500 gig hard drives, etcs.
Go pick a computer that's 300 dollars, add a video card to it, get a monitor and keyboard, and you're good to go.
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4GB is almost nothing these days. You will not be able to run The Sims 2, or pretty much any modern game. It's possible a computer with that amount of space is running Linux instead of Windows (look at the specs); this is not a good idea for you.
I would not consider a computer with less than 40GB of storage unless I was truly using it only for web browsing and word processing. (They're called NETbooks for a reason.) Not only will audio/video take up a lot of space, but the computer will probably not be powerful enough to play HD video.
I've heard good things about Lenovo notebooks. I've never owned one, though.
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