[Scgeeks] Re: Can a celeron processor do what I want?

[Miss Betsy]

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> "Miss Betsy" <devnull at spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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>> So, in my specs, the 1GB RAM is probably ok, for now.  And make sure the 
>> video card is the very best on the market now.
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> I wouldn't buy _any_ new computer with less than 2 GM of RAM. It's cheap, 
> and it's easier to have it factory installed and tested than to have to 
> upgrade it yourself if you're not computer hardware literate (you could 
> accidentally fry something on the MoBo if you're not careful).
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> But is 80GB hard drive fast
>> enough?
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> The size of the hard drive (80 GB of data capacity) has nothing to do with 
> it's speed. You want to look at the access time in the specs, faster is of 
> course better.

First thanks to all who have replied to this thread.  It has made it a lot 
easier for me.  (and, no, I would never attempt to do it myself! 
Fortunately, we have found someone who really does know what he is doing to 
make computer repairs.  For complicated reasons, I couldn't ask him for 
recommendations.)

One last question, this 'speed' is something that is contained in the hard 
drive specs, not the Intel processor specs, correct? (I did find that speed 
differed from level to level there).

Betsy