For what type of computer user would you recommend a 320 GB hard-drive? 250 GB?

Question

I'm going to buy a laptop soon (ok, sometime in January), but I don't want to spend too much only not to use all (or close to all) the space I have on it. I know what I want on the computer as far as specs are concerned such as resolution, screen size, webcam, bluetooth, and other functions, but the only thing troubling me is the hard-drive space on the thing! I already know that I want 4 GB of RAM on it (3 GB works too, but that's the absolute lowest I'd be willing to go). It all comes down to 320 GB of space or 250 GB.

I'm a college freshman, and I enjoy listening to music, and I plan to acquire a lot more music over the upcoming months, but I have nowhere else to store it all (other than the home computer, ugh). I want an iPod as well, so I have to factor in space for iTunes and other applications for other things. I will occasionally download some videos off the Internet, but its not much (usually less than 5GB of total space used). Help?

Answer 1

250GB without a doubt. Now had you have said that you were purchasing a desktop, I would have recommended the 320GB.



There are several reasons why I would have chosen a 250GB laptop, as opposed to a 320GB laptop:



- Given your circumstances, that being that you simply a laptop to listen to music, watch and download some videos off the Internet, plus storing ebooks and work from college (I'm assuming this as it is a requisite-almost for college), it is exemplary that your laptop isn't for long-term endeavours. You aren't starting an online business, something of which can usually take a lot of memory, or to do some serious artwork which requires software such as Adobe Photoshop and Maya which can consume a lot of memory. Being the case, it's advisable that since you're purchasing something which isn't indulged in occupations which require a lot of computational resources that you stay well within your budget and purchase the cheapest choice made available to you. Purchasing a 250GB laptop does just that.



- Should you want to extend the amount of memory available, you can easily purchase an external hard drive, and when the price of the external hard drive as well as the 250GB laptop is added together, it is generally still lower than the 320GB option. Many external hard drives on the market aren't really expensive, but they are helpful and beneficial should you want to back-up your work from a possible computer crash.



lol, I sound like a used car's salesman!

Answer 2

the 1st poster isn't ideal: 1gigabyte (GB) is one thousand megabytes (MB) a million megabyte is one thousand kilobytes (kb) a million kiobyte is one thousand bytes a million byte is 8 bits What he's attempting to assert is the formatted length of apersistent is commonly a small quantity smaller than the marketedpersistent length and it does would desire to do with the mannerpersistent manufacturers dopersistent length math mutually as homestead windows calculates it a distinctive way. additionally, this is available that the area you're seeing is the size of the optimal partition at thepersistent and the producer has a hidden partition with something of thepersistent area so as which you will boot to and restoration from the hidden partition. some manufacturers are including bootable hidden partitions to drives particularly of offering rescue or restoration CD/DVDs. this sort they'd save the restoration skill with the laptop so it does not wander away, plus they'd equipment greater diagnostic strategies with it to help remedy your situation without needing to motel to an entire restoration.

Answer 3

I have a 250GB hard drive and i have only used 27% of it and I have tons of music and a few movies. So i would go with the 250GB and later on if you find you need more space you can buy an external hard drive.