I just got a Pentium4 with 3 Ghz with 1 gig RAM. An ATI All-in-Wonder Graghics card. Go for it. You willl be happy. For instance on my other P4 1.8 Ghz and 550RAM a render will take 1:39 compared to 26 seconds on this new one.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."