Yes there is now at least one teacher that knows whats going on.
My science teacher has confirmed that the laptops will have 2gb of RAM and a 160gb hard drive. Now if you are just as clueless as some of the other teachers, those specs are a good thing.
160gb will get you (minus the space Windows XP takes up) about:
-158,000 pictures at 1mb each
-31,600 songs at 5mb each
-790 1/2 hour Family Guy episodes, at full DVD quality, mp4 format
-3950 1/2 hour Family Guy episodes, at high quality, mkv format
-79 2 hour movies at full DVD quality
-158 million text files