2007-01-31 23:34:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
The amount of hard drive you need (80 gig is the hard drive, not the memory, sorry to correct you) is related to what you do with the computer. Get a bigger hard drive if you either:
1. Download lots of music of videos.
2. Store lots of pictures or files on your computer.
Otherwise, 80 gig is a very large hard drive and it will serve you well.
2007-01-31 23:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
with modern external diskdrives why worry about disk size
you can get all maner of USB devices, some of which may be bus powered, some may require external PSU's
mind you 80GB is one heck of a lot of space...... I can't think of any requirement on a Laptop or desktop that would actively require that sapce, that couldnt very happily be accomodated on an external drive (you could dump MP3's, photos etc on the external drive)
So id take a saving OR go for a higher spec laptop (the point about separate graphics cards is well made (things to avoid like th eplague are graphics cards that 'share' the main memory.. read slow the CPU down as it has to service additional tasks.
Bearing in mind most operasting systems require masses of memory to work.. id look at possibly adding more memory (Microsoft may claim Vista needs a minimum of 1GB...... I wouldnt be at all surprised if it could, but would require significantly more. I recentyly added another 2GB to a 1GB P4 3Ghz XP machine and it made a noticeable difference to performance.
2007-02-01 07:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mark J 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You must mean 80 gig hard drive! 80 should be ok - on a laptop you won't be playing video games, so providing you're not going to store a huge number of hi-res photos, you should be OK.
Just in case you meant 80 meg memory, then the answer is NO don't touch it! You need a minimum of 512mb to run modern programs.
2007-02-01 07:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Chris W 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One hell of a laptop if it's got 80gig's of memory. I think that would be the size of the hard drive, 120g would be better.
2007-02-01 07:38:30 · answer #4 · answered by Barry G 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
oh its more then enough memory,i have a laptop with 40gig and i have lot of empty space,with 80gig memory you can save a hale lot of data like movies etc.so just go for it without thinking anymore.
2007-02-01 08:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by jbhatt22 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If the laptop has only 80gb, then it probably not all that good.
A good laptop costs from $1000 to $1500
This is a good laptop, and it has a decent graphics card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834117277
You cannot upgrade graphics cards, so get the best you can afford. It helps the resale value greatly.
2007-02-01 07:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
80GIG MEMORY
You Could run the world on that.
LOL
2007-02-01 09:31:15 · answer #7 · answered by rmn_tech 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
One rule in buying computers - always buy the biggest and best you can afford.
2007-02-01 07:37:52 · answer #8 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
80gig memory should be more than enough, mine has 1gb, Vista won't be demanding more than 2
2007-02-01 07:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by Splishy 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
That's loads "640K ought to be enough for anybody"
2007-02-01 08:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by hard as nails 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋