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• Computer Speed = You sitting & waiting at the computer.
• Processor = Librarian
• RAM = Size of your Book Cart
• Hard Drive = Size of Library Book Shelves

There are three parts to purchasing a faster computer.

Lets pretend that you are at the Library.  You are NOT allowed to get out of your desk! You have to sit and wait. If you want to read a book (or do a task on your computer) you need to contact your Librarian.  Your Librarian then takes her book cart to the book shelf, picks up your book, and brings it back to you at your desk.  If your librarian is a 95 years old lady wearing high heels than you can plan on sitting and waiting for a long time.  If her book cart is tiny, so small it is only the books she can carry in her hand then you can plan on waiting longer.  If your book shelf is small than you can only store so many books in your library.  ON THE OTHER HAND – if your librarian is a 25 year old wearing running shoes than she will be able to get your book to you quicker. If her book cart is a double wide power rolling cart than she will get you many books allowing you to multi-task and read several books at once.  If your book shelves are full of rows and rows of space than you will be able to store many books! AND if you have 2 librarians there will be less waiting and more DOING on your part!

Computer Lingo:

Your Librarian is your Processor.  The higher the number the faster the processor.  If it says Dual Core that means you have 2 librarians working for you! If it says Quad Core that means you have 4 librarians working for you! The actual data usually looks something like: 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo Processor; 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo Processor; The top of the line best of the best is a 3.2 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon.

Your Book Cart is your RAM.  The higher the number the bigger your cart. The actual data usually looks something like: 1 GB memory; 2 GB memory; The top of the line best of the best is 32 GB memory.

Your Book Shelf is your Hard Drive.  The higher the number the more space you have to store information like computer programs, documents, pictures, movies, etc.. The actual data usually looks something like: 80GB hard drive; 120 GB hard drive; 250 GB; 320 GB; 500 GB; The top of the line best of the best is 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard drive.