Well, the more chromosomes, the more complex the organism, would you not agree? So why do some of the simplest organisms have many more pairs of functioning chromosomes then humans, when humans are undoubtedly more complex?

Even if half of the 800 chromosomes in the Radiolaria are functional, that is still 400. And lets say that half of the functioning ones are repeats, that just support the structure of the chromosomes. That's 200. And lets say that even just HALF of those are functional. Thats still 100.

And your little analogy about CD-ROMS dont really apply here. CD ROMS arent essential to functioning of the computer. But chromosomes are required by the cell.

RAM on the other hand is essential to a computer. If you have 2 sticks of RAM, and I have 8 sticks, then yes, mine is more powerful.