What's Important

CPU (central processing unit) is the brain of the computer where most calculations take place. The higher the clock speed, the faster the computer will process applications and data and the more powerful your notebook will be.
This computer has a Intel Core 2 Duo running at a speed of 2.4 GHz.

RAM (random access memory) is (the memory used to run programs), and the more RAM you have, the more applications your computer will be able to handle. This is especially important if you want to run several programs at the same time, work with large files, graphics and photos or play games.
This computer has 4096 MB of RAM.

Hard Drive (or hard disk) provides the storage space for programs, applications, games and files on your computer. The capacity of a hard drive is usually quoted in gigabytes (billions of bytes of information). The minimum spec for running Windows Vista is a 20 GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space.
This computer has a 250.0 GB hard drive.