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BrownEyes Posted at 1:41 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
do i need a certain memory stick for my HP? I see one with 512MBs for seventy bucks.

and what does GB, MB, K means...i clueless.

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Stormblazer Posted at 1:41 am on Oct. 22, 2006
Quote: from vitamin at 2:31 am on Oct. 22, 2006

Lets just sum this up are you after USB storage i.e Memory Stick or are you after some more RAM for your pc/laptop?

After reading the posts, especially the last few by the OP, I'm pretty sure it's HD space, not a flashdrive, and not RAM.

vitamin Posted at 1:31 am on Oct. 22, 2006
Due to me being a twat and not reading the post properly my edited response.

IDE even SATA Storage is very cheap at the moment. What concerns me is that if you only have GB in the PC at the moment and that was as new how do you know the PC is up to running the SIMS? It seems to me that the PC must be a fair few years old now. Check you have enough RAM & CPU power also.

BrownEyes Posted at 2:13 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
kk...www.thesims2.com

university and nightlife- like hot date but has a dating serivce and cars and vampires. the should of called it hot date too.

Stormblazer Posted at 2:12 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from browneyes at 2:49 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

this is what it say in Local Disk (C:) Properties
Used-15.5 GB
Free Spaces- 3.48 GB
Capacity 18.9 GB

how do i approve this so i can put stuff is it the hard drive or memory stick i need?


In that case you defnitely want another harddrive, NOT a memory stick / flashdrive.

Halo Punk Returns Posted at 1:59 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
If that is all you are using it for then I wouldn't go over 100GB, but If you are going to do some Video Editing or using photoshop a lot then I would go around 150-250.

Wait...UNI NL?

BrownEyes Posted at 1:56 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
so that will hold the sims 2, UNI and NL?
Halo Punk Returns Posted at 1:51 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
You need a new hard drive. I would recomed Seagate. I bought a 250GB harddrive at Wal-Mart for $100.

By the way, what will this computer be used for?

BrownEyes Posted at 1:49 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
this is what it say in Local Disk (C:) Properties
Used-15.5 GB
Free Spaces- 3.48 GB
Capacity 18.9 GB

how do i approve this so i can put stuff is it the hard drive or memory stick i need?

Halo Punk Returns Posted at 1:47 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
A memory stick isn't RAM. She is talking about a flash drive.

And no, any old flashdrive will do.

OH and those flash drives were not the best quality, but good for the purposes I needed.

Stormblazer Posted at 1:47 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from Halo Punk Returns at 2:43 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

Check out Office Max. I bought three 256's for a buck each.

I highly doubt that, maybe on ebay, but not at an Office Max. If you really did, then they're almost definitely shitty quality.
Poor quality RAM is worse than not enough.

Stormblazer Posted at 1:45 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from browneyes at 2:41 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

do i need a certain memory stick for my HP? I see one with 512MBs for seventy bucks.  

and what does GB, MB, K means...i clueless.


You're talking about RAM, and here's the size breakdown:

1 bit is just a 1 or a 0.
8 bits make 1 byte.
1024 bytes makes 1 kilobyte (KB)
1024 kilobytes makes 1 megabyte (MB)
1024 megabytes makes 1 gigabyte (GB)
1024 gigabytes makes 1 terabyte (TB)

You get the idea.
Anyways, if you're looking to buy more RAM, you'll want the same speed and type as whatever you already have.
Why do you want more RAM anyways?

Halo Punk Returns Posted at 1:43 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
1GB is 1024 Mb, and I think 1Mb is 1000K.

P.S. 512Mb for $70 is a bad deal. Check out Office Max. I bought three 256's for a buck each.

Just Joe Posted at 1:43 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
GB giga bites  
MB Mega bites

1000MB in 1GB
yeh i know i said 1000

Link01 Posted at 1:42 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
gigabeir=GB bigest
megabeit=MB
kilobeit=KB
beit smallest
and a nible are means of mesuring memories
Edgar Allan Posted at 1:42 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
gb=gigabite mb=megabit k=?
and you don't need a certain one
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