Therefore, the more memory you have on your computer, the more tasks you will be able to do at once and the faster your computer will operate. The amount of memory a program will take up varies. For example, graphic programs like Adobe Photoshop require large amounts of memory, wheras a simple text editor requires less memory. A minimum of 64MB of memory is fairly standard today for Macs and PCs. Most computers today come with the capacity to hold several gigabytes of information since most applications take up several hundred megabytes of information.
Sound cards are responsible for playing and recording sound to or from a computer.
Almost all new PCs and all Macs come with sound capability. Displays have varying sizes and resolutions which determines how much of a Web page or document you can see at a time. When purchasing one, you should often get one with the largest diagonal screen area within your budget. A modem is used to connect your computer to the Internet by sending information over a phone line. The higher the baud rate the faster Web pages will load, faxes will send, and information will download.