I hesitate to ask such a personal question as this, it being specific and of no use to anyone else, but figure I have been around a while and might be indulged.

I came into a little money and I am thinking seriously about buying a new machine. For a variety of reasons I want to get a notebook even though I know they don't have the power of a desktop at the same price.

My main problem is figuring out the issue of OpenGL and video cards. I have asked all my friends and family but they are as ignorant as I am concerning computers. As are the folks at the Big Box computer stores, the people at the small shops are scary and have no time for me.

I only want to buy a new machine at all if I can get a one that will run Photoshop 7 and Poser 6 adequately, otherwise I am better off just waiting for prices to drop further.

So here is the best I can afford:
Dell Inspiron 6000
Intel Pentium M 735 (1.7Ghz/2MB Cache/400Mhz FSB)
1Gb Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms / 80Gb Hard Drive
Video Card DDR ATI's MOBILITY RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ LCD Panel
None of this means anything to me. Last time I understood computers I was typing out FORTRAN on a keypunch machine :)

So do you think that this machine will work with P6?

Thank you for your kindness.