Help Me Choose: Hard Drive
The hard drive is where the OS, software applications, files and data are stored on a PC.
When choosing storage for your new Dell laptop™, it's important to:
1. Determine what you want to do today, next week or even in the next few years.
2. Plan today for the activities you want to do tomorrow. (If you don’t have a video camera, do you think you will at some point?)
3. Consider that content keeps growing — new technology will require greater storage capacity.
Which Technology is Right for Me?
| 5400 rpm
| 7200 rpm
| Solid State
(Offered in Certain Products Only)
|
Performance
| Basic
| Performance
| Ultra performance
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Capacity (GB)*
| 250/320/500/640
| 250/320/500
| 128/256
|
Durability
| Standard
| Standard
| Highly shock resistant
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Typical Use Case
| • Web surfing • Collecting content • Content viewing | • Creating content
| • Gaming • High-speed applications • Fast boot/resume • Road warrior |
How Big Should I Go?
| Average File Size*
| 250GB*
| 320GB*
| 500GB*
| 640GB*
|
Music
| 4MB per 4-minute song
| Up to 62,000 songs
| Up to 80,000 songs
| Up to 125,000 songs
| Up to 160,000 songs
|
Video [High Definition (HD)]
| 8.3GB per hour
| Up to 30 hours
| Up to 38 hours
| Up to 60 hours
| Up to 75 hours
|
Photos
| 3.5MB per 6-megapixel image
| Up to 71,000 images
| Up to 91,000 images
| Up to 142,000 images
| Up to 180,000 images
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DVD Quality Movies
| Number of 1.5-hr movies (DVD quality)
| Up to 66 movies
| Up to 94 movies
| Up to 133 movies
| Up to 185 movies
|