What stat should i be looking at when trying to buy a computer. I work with large files?
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Amount of memory (RAM) would be important in your case, 1 GB should be sufficient all though anything more would be noticeable. A high CPU speed would also be helpful as would a large hard drive.
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There is nothing like that - ITS A MYTH.\nThe only thing that you should look for is \nA CPU above 2.0\nMemory above 1 GB\nHard Drive with 7200 RPM\nDVD-MULTI DL Drive with 16X Writing speeds.
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Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes\n\nRefers to:\nA) Hard Drive size\nB) RAM size\nC) Flash Drive size\n\nDoesn't apply to:\nA) CPU speed\nB) Fan speed
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It depends on your system's memory and the capacity of your hard disk/storage\n\nVirtually unlimited
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What exactly do you want to know about these?\n\nTypically what's included will depend on whether the file is an origination or a receipt.
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ooooooooo this is a toughy does your computer have a dat drive if not better start searching ebay for one thos things are rare
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www.pricewatch.com is a great place to find the lowest price on hardware. Go there and choose computerparts > cd drives and burners. Then find the speed of drive you want and it will list it, in order, by price after shipping (I love that part).\n\nIf you don't trust mail order, I would scan the best buy, comp  usa, and office depot flyers on Sundays and find one that has a great rebate. I bought a hard drive recently for $40 after the rebate - I couldn't have found it that cheap online.
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Usually if you take the RAM out of the computer, there is a sticker on it that will list the specs of the RAM.\n\nIf you are not comfortable opening the case, you have a program called "MSINFO" on most computers.  Go to C:&#92;Windows&#92;msapps&#92;msinfo" and run the MSINFO program.  This will give you many stats about your computer, including the RAM speed and type.
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As you have said, u don't need to do too much and want to spend less, i feel it should be perfectly ok for you to get a 256 MB pen-drive. \n\nA 256 MB drive should be inexpensive enough and you can do most of your work with it. It will be able to store few hundred good quality photos, or thousands of documents or a combination of various types of data. \n\nTo get an estimate of memory, just right click any file that you feel is representative of your need, and see its properties. It will be shown (in most of the cases) in some KB or may be few MB. So you can have an idea as to how much you really need. \n\nHope this info is useful to you.
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Hard drives:\n  Size is nice, but there are a few differences.\n\nLook at the rpm speed of a hard drive.  Some are 5400 rpm, some are 7400, some are 10,000 rpm.  The higher the rpm, the faster the disks spin.  \n\nAlso look at the amount of cache on a hard drive.  Cache determines (more or less) how much can be moved around at a time.  Say for example a hard drive has 8 megabytes of cache, that means when you move files around, its doing so 8 megs at a time.  If you have a hard drive with 16 megs of cache, your files are moving at 16 megs which is double that of an 8meg cahce hard drive, and pretty much double the speed (in theory).\n\nRam/memory:\n\nAnother thing to watch out for is not only the size (amount) of memory you have, but also the speed.  Say for example your motherboard can support pc2100, pc2700 and pc3200 ram....with 2100 being the slowest and 3200 being the fastest.  It may be cool to have 2 gigabytes of ram, but check the speed.  I would personally rather have 512 megs or 1 gig of faster memory, than twice that of slower memory.\n\nThink of ram like being the size of your desk.  The more you have, the larger the desk.  At the same time though, think of the different speeds as that of the desk ahving a smoother surface that lets you slide your projects around.  Say you have a large desk and are working on project A and want to take a break and work on Project B for awhile before switching to project A again, when you switch to each project and drag the projects to the side, do you want them to snag and strain while pulling/pushing them?\n\nGraphics card:\n\nThis may be an issue too.  While standard onboard video is fine for most folks, if you are going to play games or use memory intesive apps, you may want a better video card.  Also note that the amount of ram on a video card doesnt necessarily mean you will get better performance.  I can pair up an fx5200 with 256 megs ram vs a 6800 with half the memory, and the 6800 will slap the fx5200 like a redheaded stepchild.\n\nProcessor:\n\nThis is an option easily upgradeable for most, but often overlooked.  Say you are running an older pentium 3 system running around 650 mhz, you can probably score a much faster processor of the same slot (say 1 ghz, or 933 mhz) on ebay for under $20\n\nI would recommend a program called Everest which will tell you exactly what hardware you have, what socket/pins etc and go from there
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Make sure you check that your computer can be upgraded  that much.check the stats on your make and model.Ebay would be a good place to check for ram though
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it depends on the machine itself, for home usage\ni would suggest the following\n1) Maxtor\n2) Western digital \n3) Seagate\nall have good warrenty, and i would suggest getting SATA rather than IDE for home usage.
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uhm....\nbuy 386 or 486\n120MB Hardisk\n8 MB memory\ngo for SCSI ( i heard they are faster )\n2 floppy drive for your DOS and Wordstar\na 14'" VGA monitor
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Goto this link http://mabzone.com  and u will goto the http://mabzone.com/computer.html and u can check it overthere.
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You can see how much comparable computers are being sold for on eBay.  www.ebay.com  Hope this helps!
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run dxdiag and it will tell you everythiing about your computer dont be scared to open your tower and get a better look @ the moutherboard to see exactly what your working with
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Be careful with EMachines, Gateway, Dell and the likes.\nTry ordering from a local computer manufacturer if possible. \n\nAs for specifications...\n\nProcessor: at least a pentium 4 at least 1.5 to 2 ghz\nMemory: Windows XP needs 256 mb. 512 to be safe.\nNO INTEGRATED SOUND OR VIDEO. These two things use the computer's memory. Disable it if its available.\nGraphics card with a chip by either nVidia or ATI with at least 32 meg of memory (if you want to be really cheap)\nSoundblaster sound card (even a "value" model will do better than internal sound.)\n\nDon't spend too much. An okay deskop computer should cost you under $1000 these days, but don't try to get the cheapest thing or you'll be in trouble.