So, My 20 Gig harddrive is almost full. Iffin I want more memory, can I just buy another 20 gigs of memory and pop it in? Or do I have to get a whole new harddrive and reinstall? And how much should one pay for more memory anyway?
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
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Sue - Jan 02, 2005 2:30:29 pm PST #936 of 10003
hip deep in pie
DXMachina - Jan 02, 2005 2:34:35 pm PST #937 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You can add a second harddrive, although it's not quite as simple as just plugging it in. A 120 GB harddrive can be had for under $100 US.
What kind of computer, and what operating system?
Sue - Jan 02, 2005 2:47:06 pm PST #938 of 10003
hip deep in pie
It's a Dell Dimension, Pentium 4, running XP.
DXMachina - Jan 02, 2005 3:01:04 pm PST #939 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Should be a fairly easy installation, then. The drive will come with instructions. (Maxtor's are very good. I presume other brands will be similar.) Just shop around for a good price, and buy the biggest drive you can afford.
Sue - Jan 02, 2005 3:06:36 pm PST #940 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Thanks DX!
Gandalfe - Jan 02, 2005 3:29:48 pm PST #941 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
So, My 20 Gig harddrive is almost full. Iffin I want more memory, can I just buy another 20 gigs of memory and pop it in? Or do I have to get a whole new harddrive and reinstall? And how much should one pay for more memory anyway?
Nitpicky me: You're talking about storage, not memory. Very different thing.
DCJensen - Jan 02, 2005 3:48:46 pm PST #942 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I blame all the computer teaching materials that for years referred to both as memory.
It will take a long time to undo the damage to the nomenclature.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2005 3:52:04 pm PST #943 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you know, if you're caching to disk, it is functioning as memory.
NoiseDesign - Jan 02, 2005 5:06:06 pm PST #944 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
A long long time ago when I worked for Egghead software I was constantly explaining the difference between RAM and Hard Drive. It's one of those things that glossed over and folks don't quickly grasp. The main reason is that they are both measured in the same manner and thus folks think they are the same thing.
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2005 6:01:59 pm PST #945 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Any recommendations for USB audio input-output thingies? My Apple Cube does not have a dedicated audio output, but comes with a nice pair of USB speakers. But connecting the speakers to my stereo via the headphone jack (the only option) doesn't work too well. Also, I'd like some sort of audio in, preferably with a preamp that can handle a turntable-level input.
this looks good (although I don't know if it can handle a turntable inpute without using an additional preamp) but it's a little pricy at $179.99. Although it does handle guitar and other instrument input, in case I want to pick up guitar again....
eta: This is ugly so I won't buy it.
Maybe this?