And they are the same price. It's a Gateway CX210 if knowing the computer is of any significance.
2007-02-17 14:20:45 · 9 answers · asked by Jason B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If you use your PC to play games, modern games that requires a good graphic card and/or if you plan to install Vista instead of Windows XP or Windows 2000, 2 gb of ram.
If you don't plan on playing recent 3d games nor install Windows Vista, 1g ram w/160 gb hard drive.
2007-02-17 14:24:46 · answer #1 · answered by Mousepad99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For what it is, it is a great concept, and had quite an impact when released. As a tool for a student it would be pretty useless, but this is not what it was designed for. It's more of a toy for web browsing and playing with. Its pluses are lightness and portability. If you like computers and got one for free, you could have some fun tinkering with it, and it is actually usable. There are heaps of different (and better) linux distros you can install on it in place of the one it shipped with. But for a student trying to do serious work on it they would be frustrated and probably laughed out of the classroom. Linux (on this machine) will run not run any windows software ie word and powerpoint. It has limited memory and a small (solid state) hard drive because it was built to a price point. It also has an underclocked 700 mhz celeron, so was never going to be a speed demon. But it is fairly well made and looks nice and functions acceptably well within its design parameters. Toy, yes; worktool, no.
2016-05-24 00:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you that both of my laptops have 512k ram and 80 gig hard drives and are between 15 months and 2 years old. I have enough hard drive space but often they get bogged down because many programs running at once chew up the memory. I so wish I had bought 1gb memory, and in 15months you may wish you had purchased 2gb.
2007-02-20 09:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by toledogolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More ram - especially if you think you'll be running Vista or XP.
And 1GB of ram is slightly more expensive that the difference between an 80 and 160GB drive, so if they're the same price... profit!
2007-02-17 14:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by binaryspiral77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the extra RAM. My machine has 4 gigs, and I can run multiple apps that used to drag it down.
Storage space is cheap. If your hard drive doesn't cut it you can always either clean it up or use a flash drive for a lot less money.
2007-02-17 14:31:21 · answer #5 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go with the 1gb 160gb hard drive. 1gb is sufficient for most people and when it has a dual core processor you wont know the difference. You can always upgrade your ram for cheaper than a new hard drive. Check sites like newegg.com and ebay.
2007-02-17 14:24:55 · answer #6 · answered by bosox2312 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd get the larger hard drive and then upgrade the ram later on. I think it'd cost less to buy extra ram then a new hard drive.
2007-02-17 14:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by licketychick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just build your own. you can have both that way, and you can have a sata 2 hard drive, and a decent graphics card, which you will not get with just any desktop.
2007-02-17 15:00:55 · answer #8 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get the 1 gig of ram and the 160 gig hard drive........2 gigs of ram a lil (lot) of over kill.............but so is the 160 gig HD.....thats alot of space ............but rather have a lot of space than a over kill on ram that ur never gonna need....unless ur a serious gamer and have the graphics card to back it up.....if ur the average "Joe" get the 1 gig of ram and 160 gig HD even if ur running Vista thats plenty of ram...........gl
2007-02-17 14:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋