Re: Computers - growth in drives but not memory

Bill <billrubin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Michael Black wrote
Richard Fangnail (richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote

Every year computers have more harddisk space but not that
much more memory. I just saw an ad for a computer with
160G drive but 512M memory. Compared with three years
ago, that drive is way bigger but the memory is about the same.

Why is the disk size growing more than memory?

Because there is a certain level of RAM that is fine for most people.

And that level is 1gb (especially with Vista), not 512mb.

Nope, particularly with XP.

The answer is because 512mb what is published
as required to run Vista Home Basic,

Have fun explaining how come it was most common with XP too.

so manufacturers just sell their machines with that
amount (at an artificially low price) so the retailers can
make money upgrading RAM when selling the machine.

Using that line of argument, they'd do that with hard drives too.

Also when you add RAM to a new machine, you don't (usually)
have to toss what came with the machine. If you were you have
to replace the hard disk right away, it's much more difficult to do,
and most new machines don't come with a second internal drive bay

Bull*** they dont.

so you'd have to toss what came with the machine.

More money for the retailler.

Also, as someone else said, they just don't make smaller drives anymore.

Thats the real reason.


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