My HP Pavilion is only 3 years old Ron and came with 3.2 gig and 46meg ram, considered adequate back then LOL and it cruised well for all my photo, Coreldraw and internet requirements... Then I purchased Poser4 and worse still discovered Rosity freestuff etc, (know the feeling?)suddenly entered a whole new world of frustrating technology that never seems to work to plan. Painfully obvious these days that a new PC is needed but short of winning the lottery here I am. When I upgraded we tried ME but couldn't find drivers anywhere for half my hardware, hence sticking with Win98. Tommy.