# A little confused by laptop specs

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**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-confused-by-laptop-specs/195507 "2006-08-01T06:07:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![fulci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@fulci](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fulci)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-little-confused-by-laptop-specs/195507/1 "2006-08-01T06:07:38Z")

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hi all,

i’ll keep this short. if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated. Yesterday i purchased a new laptop with the specs 40 gigabyte hard drive, 256 ram and 1.40ghz processor.

first off, when i check the capacity of my hard drive it seems to say it has 33 gigabytes as opposed to 40. could this be because the other 7 gigabytes are being taken up by the operating system? i am using windows xp, home edition.

also, right clicking on my computer and going to properties, my computer states that i have 226 ram. shouldnt it say 256? or is the other 30 being used for something else?

lastly, my previous pc has a 1.70 ghz processor, and i was cautious about buying a laptop with only 1.40 ghz. however the staff member on duty told me that because of the celeron moblie technology within laptops, a 1.40ghz on a laptop roughly equals a 1.70ghz processor on a pc. is this true??!

thanks in advance for any feedback. fulci.