yes .. that's ample for that task, and you're right, and that was my point. Don't use an older PC and expect the newest stuff to work on. Gamers are use to the idea that there machine won't last more than two years, but the regular consumer isn't. So you're right, they shouldn't have to. I'm glad Dell is returning it to the lowere end stuff, but then again, I don't have a low end PC... so Vista works better than XP ever did for my machine. It's a bit bloated, but a little tuning and it's working faster than Xp. If I had a lesser PC would it be as good? Hell no, I'd load XP. But none of this changes the fact that the fundemental arguement in the article is flawed... badly.