I believe everyone should at least have Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home Edition. And if we're doing graphics, 512MB of memory is a good working start. Let's not forget that graphics stuff consumes hard drive space. My 30GB hard drive is almost filled with the Poser installation alone. Oh, yes, those of us with older computers face handicaps. I can't go over 512MB RAM because of my BIOS. Other people's computers may not be able to handle Windows XP. But we eventually look at what we want to accomplish, and face the fact that upgrades are necessary. Then we try to find the funds to do just that.