Is 512 MB Ram and 60 GB of Hard Drive enough computer space.?

I have a 7 year old Autistic son. He will be 8 years old next week. We would like to buy him a laptop for his birthday because he likes to play computer games so much. Will that be enough computer for him to put all of his games on.
Is 512 MB Ram and 60 GB of Hard Drive enough computer space.?
depedns on the games and how many email me if you want.





but if you want just one blunt answer





no it wouldnt be


u need a good video card


512 mb of ram will not pay any new games


and im pretty sure its a single core compuer so you will be limited to older computer games or educational games like leap frog and math wizard.
Is 512 MB Ram and 60 GB of Hard Drive enough computer space.?
Depends on what he likes to play. That is ok for most games, but 60 GB won't hold much these days. If he likes advanced 3D games, then you should go with more RAM.
Reply:OK, hard drive size tells how much stuff the computer can hold; and size of memory, along with CPU model and clock rate, tells you how fast the machine can be running. For an 8-year-old, 60GB HD is good enough, but 512MB Ram may be kind of too small for Windows XP, not mention Windows Vista. 1G should be the minimum.





Also note that laptop computers, with great convenience coming from mobility, are usually outperformed by Desktop ones in same price range. For a same price, desktop can do EVERYTHING better than laptop except for mobility. So if you are not planning to move the computer around, you can consider buying a much better PC which is a desktop. You got bigger screen, bigger RAM, bigger hard drive, stable hardware, everything.
Reply:it depends of the game..





most of the games now use lots of resources. If you want to buy games, look for the system requirements before you purchase it..
Reply:It is a good starter machine for a 7 year old, but whether or not it is enough really depends on what types of games he will be playing. The more RAM, the faster it will go. If the games aren't too graphically advanced, then I would say yes, but still upgrade the RAM to 1GB. It's not expensive at all, and it's really a pretty easy install.
Reply:sure, any computer sold now has 512MB if it's a laptop just put a 1GB stick in. a 1GB of ram only cost $25-35 and takes 2mins to put in. 60GB hd is fine. Also don't pay over $500 you really don't need top of the line taptop.
Reply:hi





it really depends on what the games are that he likes to play.





512meg and 60gb is ample for xp, for basic older games.





if he likes to play thelatest first person shooters its a totally different equation.





If you could provide a list of the games he wants to play someone could advise you as to whether the machine will run them. it would also be useful to know what the graphics chipset is and what ghz the cpu is inthe machine you are looking at.





Its really important to know the specifics because these are what will determine whether the machine is capable of doing what you are wanting it to do.
Reply:Hai,


60gb hard disks are not coming now a days.I will recommend 160gb SATA hard disk(bcoz writing speed of sata is 1.5gb per sec).it will cost around 2500/- bucks only.It will b for ur future use also.Now-a-days motherboards are coming with only one ide port in which u need to connect hdd and cd drive.the system may slow down with alternate power supply which may lead to crash.


512mb ram is ok but for future use it is not sufficient.windows vista needs min 512mb to run os itself.it is not recommended for internetters.better u go for 1gb.The board will be having only two ram slots.

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