great. and you should have a decent processer speed. orhan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Pingstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Gallik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] memory and hard drive space
> So if I got a computer with 2gb and a harddrive of 250gb is that good>? > > Kathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Gallik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] memory and hard drive space > > >> Both types of "memory" are critical, but the fact is that hard drives are >> getting so reasonably priced and with such high capacity that they might >> be >> considered a secondary concern. An 80 GB hard drive is hardly a big deal >> any more. >> >> On the other hand RAM is quite another matter. For one thing, Microsoft >> publishes "low end" specs for minimum configuration for running the >> various >> Operating Systems. Microsoft tells you that Vista can run on 512 MB RAM >> and >> that may be true, but it isn't going to be any sort of whiz. You'd be >> better off with 2 GB of RAM if you can afford that because the memory >> chips >> are still quite costly. >> >> Personally, I have Windows 2000 and the published minimum RAM to support >> this OS was 256 MB, but I have 512 MB RAM and I'm very glad that I >> doubled >> the low-end requirement. Even at that the PC seems to bog down at times >> so >> 1 GB RAM wouldn't be overkill on my system neither. >> >> HTH >> >> >> ---*---*---*---*---*--- >> Bill Gallik >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> - "The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is >> that >> we must put up with a good deal of rubbish." >> - Robert Jackson >> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1330 - Release Date: >> 3/15/2008 >> 2:36 PM >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
