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[picksflowers.livejournal.com]

ok.

about how much memory is 2GB on a computer? that means absolutly nothing to me, haha.

also, how big is a 200GB hard drive? and what is a good sized hard drive?

give examples like how many files (music, photos, word documents) those amounts would hold.

and are MacBooks great?

thank you!

-kristen

Comments

[twistedsyx.livejournal.com]

[wyldthyng.livejournal.com]

~lol~ someone named "Kristen" probably isn't too worried about that. (yes, I did look it up - I'm a word nerd).

That said, mutilate away ;)

[two-pi-r.livejournal.com]

[kuang.livejournal.com]

Good point (albeit loudly put) but carrying the hint of a threat grammatically. Might be worth sorting that.

I'd wondered if this was actually transcript of a customer comment as I was asked almost exactly the same question a few days ago before, followed by 'should I just upgrade my aqua iMac then?...'

[zig-mover.livejournal.com]

settle for nothing less than 200gb of memory. it's what you'll need for most computing tasks.

200gb hard drive isn't that much- it will only hold a few albums' worth of music files. try to get at least three 200gb hard drives.

[zig-mover.livejournal.com]

also the macbooks are okay but i heard something about MAC embedding your email address into EVERY FILE YOU DOWNLOAD this to me is conspiracy

[gevauden.livejournal.com]

1) About four pounds

2) The size of a large grapefruit. Or a very small melon.

3) Id depends on how you fold them. A Space Bag will help.

4) They're not as good as beer, but better than reading the community info before asking a question.

I don't think the OP is joking...

[catsidhe.livejournal.com]

1) 2GB is about twice as much as 1GB, which is to say, half as much as 4GB

2) usually, a 200GB hard drive will be about 4 inches wide, between 5.5 and 6 inches long and about 1 inch tall. That is, about 10cm x 14.5cm x 1.25cm, give or take.

3) They don't hold any documents whatsoever, but they are designed to hold lots and lots of ordered patterns of magnetic field. These magnetic fields are used to represent what are called ‘bits’, each ‘bit’ being the amount of information to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’. These ‘bits’ can be used to represent the information contained in a photograph, piece of music, or document. How many in files in a given size of memory? Sorry, I won'tbe able to answer that question until you provide me with the ANSI standard gold-plated piece of string, and then and only then will I be able to tell you how long it is.

Short answer: between one and many many many. Approximately.

4) I don't know. I work with computers.


Hope that helps. Have A Nice Day.

Re: I don't think the OP is joking...

[mmaster.livejournal.com]

This wins.

[red-scully.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE DUMB. QUIT ASKING US FOR HELP. READ THE USER INFO, FOOL. THEN BUGGER OFF TO A COMMUNITY DESIGNED FOR HELPING PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

[catsidhe.livejournal.com]

Oh, come now. That's hardly polite?

Far better to smile sweetly while doing the <clickety-click>...

[garpu.livejournal.com]

200GB doesn't hold as much porn as it used to.

[bhall.livejournal.com]

Computers are for dorks. Etch A Sketch is the technology of tomorrow.

[10binary-cats.livejournal.com]

pffft. a clay tablet and pointed stick is much better. it even has a save function!

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Computers should really be reserved for those have more than double digit I.Q's.

[jin-fenghuang.livejournal.com]

... but but but Macs come in such cute colours... you can even buy nail polish to match ...

[meitemark.livejournal.com]

2GB depends on how you define G or B, or even if 1+1=2 in your world (since you cant read, I dunno about your math)

200GB depends on how you define your zeroes.

200GB would in my world contain an infinitve amount of music, photos and word documents.

MacBooks are the greatest there is. I use at least 20 a day. Good strecth, holds a lot of fluid and flush easeliy.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Hey now, everyone here knows that 1 + 1 = 10!

[110billion.livejournal.com]

I wonder why it is that the OP never replies to their own post when they get severely owned. It's no fun, really.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Some do.

But typically it's "OH NOES! You're MEANIES!!!!eleventy-one!111!"

[nuadha-prime.livejournal.com]

GBs are kind of worthless for holding files. You really want hard drives with MBs instead. MBs are far superior.

[toxico.livejournal.com]

I sense a troll. That being said, why does everything good happen when I'm asleep or otherwise absent?

[bassgirl.livejournal.com]

If you go to her journal, she's real! The account has been around for a while, and she's... well, she's in high school it seems. Gah. What are they teaching kids in school these days if they can't even read?

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Troll!

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

I hope this is a troll... if this is not so I will go weep for and tech support person who has to deal with the OP in the future...

[webmiss-k.livejournal.com]

Nope, looks like it's just a dopey teen that doesn't bother looking in to what she is doing before she does it. Maybe there is hope she'll grow out of it. Maybe she's just dumb. Really, it could go either way.

[dr-atheist.livejournal.com]

1)about how much memory is 2GB on a computer? that means absolutly nothing to me, haha.
Then neither will my answer.

2)also, how big is a 200GB hard drive? and what is a good sized hard drive?
3.25 or 2.5 inches wide, depending on desktop or laptop

give examples like how many files (music, photos, word documents) those amounts would hold.
How good are you at jenga, I can stack 6 photo albums on my hard drive.

and are MacBooks great?
Yes, yes they are.

[brothersterno.livejournal.com]

what what? a real answer? I think you forgot that the right answer is:

1) 2GB = LOL. r3@l 1337 g@m3rz h@s @t l33t 42GB of AWESOMENESS.

2) 200BG HD is totally adequate, if all you do is use your computer as a paperweight. You should have at least 3TB, and a functional FTP server. And a broadband internet connection.

3) MACS ARE FOR TARDIES. I THINK THE OP QUALIFIES.

[lihan161051.livejournal.com]

And that being said ..

and are MacBooks great?

Yes, for certain very interesting values of "great". I hear Linux runs like a banshee on them, if you can get the right device drivers to use all the hardware. And even the OS that comes with them has some decent stuff in the core, including Apache and a usable (if somewhat older) version of PHP, although I have yet to get MySQL and phpMyAdmin running on the preinstalled versions.

Oh, that wasn't what you meant? Sorry, my bad .. :D

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

MySQL is dirt easy to get running, there's an OS X installer package available.

Never tried phpMyAdmin.

[twitchfetish.livejournal.com]

Oh I can help you with this!

If you want to store more files on your computer, 200GB is just fine! Just put fridge magnets on the outside of the case. If you line them up right (so there's a few on each side, exactly opposite each other), it compresses the magnetic "bits" on the hard drive's discs and you can store up to TWICE as much data. If you put them on the top and bottom of your case, it changes the direction of the bits from horizontal to vertical, and since they're wide but thin, again you can store HEAPS more data!

I've been using this technique for years. The Hard Drive manufacturers don't want you to know coz they can't sell more discs if you can store more on the ones you have.

I know it's hard to believe, but seriously. I've been in IT for ten years and I use this technique on my home computers, EVEN THE ONE I'M USING NOW!!!

T

[greylady.livejournal.com]

Oh god... Please, no.

I had to explain to someone more than twice why sticking her pictures to the sides of the "the metal box thing next to her computer" screen with magnets was bad.

I'm going to go cry and whimper now... You're not supposed to traumatize us in posts like this! *whimper*

[solradia.livejournal.com]

If you can't read the community info, you do not need to own a computer. Please take any computer equipment you own and return it to someone who understands how to use it. If you do not own any and are using someone else's equipment please stay 20ft away from it at all times.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

if you want word documents, buy a type writer to make them, and an archive box to store them

for the music, I have IKEA shelved. That will store several hundreds of discs

for photo, a shoe box seems to what people like, whilst not very appropriate for archival. I use myself metal boxes that are "archive grade"

Oh and Books are great. The older, the better.

[greylady.livejournal.com]

Because I do this all day everyday (and get paid for it), I'll actually read you the manual helpful part of the community info...

IF you want to go to a community that is setup to answer technical questions, go to: tech_support.

Ignore this part, it's not for you.

For tech to tech questions, Please look at our Off Topic community at "techsupport_ot."

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

How much water is in 2 gallons? And how much does 200 pounds weigh? That means absolutely nothing to me, haha.

give examples like how much stuff (sand, water) those would hold.

and is the metric system great?

[red-scully.livejournal.com]

The metric system is made of win.

[mogaribue.livejournal.com]

TOGTFO

[viper0775.livejournal.com]

A) 2GB is either 2000MB or 2048MB (depending on who is posting the info) and is, invariably, about 512MB less than you will end up needing six months from now.

B) A 200Gb HD is slightly larger than a business card and, if you remove the internal organs, will thus store about 120 business cards.

C) If you ask a PC person, macs are horrible, if you as a Mac person, MacBooks are fantastic.. kinda like if you ask a Ford person about GM vehicles, etc....

[jecook]

Gad Damn Stupid People.

::pulls something heinously nasty looking from the Ultra Black Safe::

Damn, the plasma reactor is stone cold. Can't use that.

:: gingerly and very carefully removes a very small looking gun::

Um.... No. Just. No. The Noisy Cricket was bad enough.

::rummages around some more::

AH! Here we are!! Reminds me, I need to return this to Miss Mab.

::removes an extremely large Mallet with the word "EJECT" carved into it. ::

Looks like I need to make another policy decision. That moderation of first post sounds really attractive right about now.