Mini-laptops

[javasaurus]

There are a lot of mini-laptops popping up nowadays, and many of them use solid-state memory instead of traditional hard drives. Kind of like an on-the-mobo flash drive. The problem is that such "hard drives" are limited in size. Can a modern PC really function on 16GB of hard drive? Once you've loaded XP and Office and auntie Virus (she's a sweet old lady), is there any room for anything else?

Yes, I know that full installs of xp and office are about 1.5 and 3 GB, respectively, and I can do the math.

But is 16GB really enough for anything other than running a browser and checking e-mail?

Comments

[dacuteturtle.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can.

I've been installing full production PC's with 20gb for years. We still don't have an issue with space as most people just don't use much space.

Disk space is not an issue. You can get 32gb of Thumb drive space for under $100. That triples you storage capacity. External drives with 320gb can be had for $150.

It's media files and games that chug down the space these days. If you aren't into them, then you won't have a significant issue.

[xpioti.livejournal.com]

It's kinda sobering to realize that my computer from 15 years ago had a 40 MB hard drive, and that was large.