Depends on what operating system you are running, XP takes up about 3GB of that, Vista takes up about 5GB+, and Ubuntu takes up about 2-3GB. The rest will be free space for whatever you want. Other...
Assuming the 40gb is free, available space, you could hold approximately: 10,000 High-Quality MP3 Songs -or- 25,000 High-Resolution Digital Photographs -or- 120 Hour-long (43 minute) television shows...
If you are referring to computers, then there were very few computers in 1959. I don't think the small computer was invented until later. So the only computers were large ones that occupied a room...
An external hard drive storage capacity is limited only by the latest technology. You can even get an external hard drive enclosure for an internal drive and connect it to your computer via USB. I...