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5. And I don't think you can swap the internal hard drive on a Stream.

Thu Apr 11, 2019, 02:22 PM

Apr 2019

One of the ways they kept the cost down was by using really small flash drives instead of the typical hard disc platters.

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Hard drive advice for a dummy? [View all] Grasswire2 Apr 2019 OP

How big (or small?) is the local hard drive? mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #1

4.00 GB installed RAM Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #2

Your laptop only comes with 32gb of "hard disc" space ZZenith Apr 2019 #3

WAAAAH? A 32GB HD? I find that hard to believe ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #6

From Laptop magazine's review of the thing ZZenith Apr 2019 #7

Gahhh ... this is bad news for our friend Grasswire ... mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #8

That would be my humble advice to Grasswire2 ZZenith Apr 2019 #9

windows 10 Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #12

And I don't think you can swap the internal hard drive on a Stream. ZZenith Apr 2019 #5

Your hard drivs capacity and your installed memory are seperate issues. CentralMass Apr 2019 #10

All in all, though - still better than keyboard issues! ZZenith Apr 2019 #11

You can get a 256 gb Samsung EVO SD card for 40 bucks ucrdem Apr 2019 #13

0. Hard drive advice for a dummy? marcus77 May 2019 #14