does my computer hold a lot of files since its only 256ram and a 20gb hardrive?

Question

im wondering should i uprgade the memory and the harddrive on it? its a dell latitude C600

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Todays standard for RAM is about 512MB it would really help. When Vista comes out the standard for RAM would be 1GB.

The hard drive is up to you if you need alot of space to store stuff then yes I would recomend a new Hard Drive. Hard drive is the amount of storage your computer can hold.

My Computer->Right Click C:/->Properties Tells you how much is used and how much is left.

If you are fine with everything you have on it now and want a preformance boost then get an aditional 256MB.

*Note a computer will start preforming slugish if you use up more then 75% of the hard drive

*Having to many real time applications can eat RAM so do not have anything you do not need at sartup or any unessary realtime applications.

Answer 3

Memory has nothing to do with how many files your computer can hold; it has to do with how many programs you can run without your computer slowing down.

20 GB isn't a whole lot nowadays; an average hard drive is around 60 GB. Depending on what kind of files you want to hold, 20 GB can be a lot. 20 GB of video is maybe a few hours, but 20 GB of Word Documents is probably around 10,000 Word Documents.

Answer 4

If you're running XP, you really should have a minimum of 512. The 20 gig isn't very big, but you'd be able to add a 2nd hard drive. That way, you can keep your programs and operating system on your 20 gig and keep your music, pictures & files on the 2nd hard drive.

Answer 5

yes it will hold a lot you don't have to upgrade what you have now is just peachy