This answer depends on the year of the laptop, older laptops generally came with 80gb of storage space. The Old old models may have had a 40 or 20gb. Up to date laptops come with 160gb or 320gb.
A recommended amount is around 250GB but a laptops hard drive could go up to 1TB
a laptop hard drive is small...much smaller than a desktop hard drive.
a. 1.8 in (4.5 cm) b. 2.5 in (6.25 cm) c. 3.5 in (8.75 cm) 5.25 in (13.12 cm)
A PC laptop should have 750GB hard drive space. This space is needed for storing pictures, mail, music, games and other things you will be downloading on your PC laptop.
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a 2.5 ich hard drive although you should get an ssd but if you dont have enough cash for the storage capacity you want, then a 2.5 ich hard drive is your best bet
About 149 gigs
very good
A PS3 harddrive is a standard size notebook harddrive and are only worth the amount of a used laptop harddrive of the same GB size. The $50 extra currently being charged for the 320 GB harddrive is about value of a new 160 GB harddrive so a used 120 GB harddrive would be worth much less.
Sure the PS3 was intended to have a new upgraded harddrive and uses the standard laptop size and the site has the related link for your assistance
PS3's have been designed to allow the harddrive to be replaced with standard notebook size harddrives. You can increase the size of the current harddrive or you can replace the PS3 with a new model with a larger harddrive.
If you could have gotten the PS3 on Black Friday Sale from Sony that had the 2 Games and the 160GB PS3 for only $199.99 you might have found it better than learning the procedures to purchase and upgrade a harddrive. Your PS3 can only have a new harddrive it can not be upgraded to the 160 GB or 320 GB models and will never have lower power consumption or HDMI sync. Since the PS3 was designed to use a standard laptop version Harddrive you can use any laptop size harddrive in a harddrive update see related link
Try taking the harddrive out and if it is still intact you can put it in a different working computer with the same size of harddrive
Only if you consider a larger harddrive new. They are about due to switch to the 250 GB 500 GB harddrive size. A new portable is coming out December 311 2011 the Playstation Vita
PS3 harddrives use standard laptop harddrives and you don't need to use a PS3 harddrive. If you want to use an old PS3 harddrive you must update the information to the new PS3 model software or it will not work
PS3s were designed to take the standard laptop size harddrive . The PS3 system hard disk drive (HDD) is removable and upgradeable. Amazon has a PS3 160 GB Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for $68.99 see related link. However you do not need to purchase a special PS3 harddrive and can purchase any laptop Harddrive over the internet or from stores like Best Buy. I have added, Can I upgrade the hard disk drive (HDD) inside my PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system? from the Playstation knowledge Center as a related link to assist you after you have found and purchased your harddrive.
The PS3 with the largest size harddrive produced by Sony is the 500 GB PS3 Super Slim released late October 2012. There are also new 160 GB 250 GB and 320 GB models sold online and at retail stores. PS3 can be updated with a standard laptop harddrive. Best Buy installed a 1 TB western Digital Laptop harddrive in My PS3 for $50 after I purchased a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1 TB 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive from Amazon for $95. The related link from Playstation Suppport has info about PS3 harddrive upgrades and user installation
Currently in Production are the 160 GB and 320 GB harddrive sizes in the PS3 slim models. Earlier Slim Models had the 120 GB and 250GB Harddrives. The first PS3 had 20 GB and 60 GB harddrives, Later models also had 40 GB then the 80 GB and a Special Edition with 160 GB harddrives. They are all standard laptop size harddrives and all models can be upgraded to larger harddrives. The HDD must be a 2.5" internal Serial ATA HDD. During the September 2010 model change the harddrive size increased to 320 GB and 160 GB .
A refurbished laptop can often be just as good as a new laptop. It is a good choice for a college student because they normally come with a warranty but they are not as expensive as a new laptop.