Is this true?

SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
edited December 2004 in Hardware
I heard from someone that the Internet card runs from the harddrive, meaning that if you have a small hard drive, your Internet will be much slower. Right now I am on my new computer which is a HP m1170n (512MB of RAM, 3.0GHz P4 processor, 200GB hard drive--actually only 186 if you want to be technical about it). The Internet is MUCH faster than on my old one (eMachines eTower 566i2, 32MB of RAM, Windows ME, 566MHz Celeron processor, 6.96GB HD). Even comcast.net, a page that takes 3 minutes to load on my old computer, loads in less than 2 seconds on this one. This one is hooked up to the same Internet connection (cable) that the old one was. Is the larger hard drive really the cause for this speed, or is it the faster processor?

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    It's not the harddrive... It's the memory. 32MB of RAM isn't enough to cache/render/load a page properly, whereas 512 certainly is.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    The network card is a seperate device, in all ways, from your hard drive. They have nothing at all to do with one another's speed.

    The internet is slow on that other computer because the computer itself is just terribly slow. As thrax said, RAM plays a big role as well.
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited December 2004
    I'm planning on upgrading it to 128MB. How much of a difference would that make?

    (I was actually planning on 160MB, a new 128 stick plus the current 32, but that wont work)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    It would definitely help.
  • ShivianShivian Australia
    edited December 2004
    Yeah it should run reasonably smooth with 128MB+ of memory on a WinME OS.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited December 2004
    there is no program on earth that runs smoothly on a WinME OS
  • ShivianShivian Australia
    edited December 2004
    Oh where's your sense of adventure? :D
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited December 2004
    man, WinME dosnt even run good on WinME lol

    ive seen it blue screen sitting at the desktop and not even moving the mouse or anything, it blue screned while idle, i mean come on ;D
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