Originally Posted by Mark Vieth

Ok (puts hands together and cracks fingers) Lixy I know a bit about pc's and have built my own. Even though mine is a little out dated it still runs with the best of them. Here are my pc's specs just so you get an idea of what setup I have:

AMD Athlon xp 1.6 gig cpu. 512 SD Ram, the video card is a nvidia 6200 which has 256 mb ram at x8, 2 hard disk both partitioned so I have 4. A cd-rom and a dvd r/w. Which is read and write. In other words a dvd burner which can also burn cd's. I am running xp as vista has all kinds of problems and personally I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll. XP still has the better compatibility and reliability. I am surprised that you are running ME. If you have ever used xp you will shit yourself. XP is much better.

Most computer geeks will try and hit you with the speed of the processor and how fast it reads data and also how much ram you need. You only get a pc for your needs and requirements not the other way around. For example if you are only doing internet surfing, email and word processing, then anything under 2.0 gig will do just fine. 256 ram is more than enough. 512 is nice too. If you are running high end games or things that require lots of nice visuals then you go for something a bit higher up. DVD's will run on any machine over 800 mghrts. Anything under and it lags. So a 2.0 gig or under will easily do the job. Even though mine is a 1.6 gig it runs much higher and I have no issues with mine. Price is another thing, most people buy the latest thing with all the bells and whistles and they only end up using about a 3rd of the bits and pieces anyway. Warranties etc, are only good for their duration after that any repairs you will have to cover.