here are the requirements from Jasc's site: Paint Shop Pro 8 Minimum System Requirements Pentium® processor or equivalent Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE, NT4 SP6, 2000 SP4, ME, XP 128 MB of RAM 400 MB of free hard disk space 16-bit color display adapter at 800x600 resolution Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (Windows 98 requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later) Macromedia Flash? Player Paint Shop Pro 8 Recommended Configuration Pentium® 1.0 Ghz or better processor Microsoft Windows XP 256 MB of RAM or more 400 MB of free hard disk space or more 32-bit color display adapter at 1024x768 resolution or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later Macromedia Flash? Player in case this helps someone know what you need on your computer - CrisS ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Can I update my HP According to Paint Shop Pro 8 which I just received today -- I have the minimum requirements but with Version 6, I do know my computer will not handle the larger paintings I want to do. It freezes and I must do the 3 fingered salute to end the program. Which means if I haven't save every two seconds I could lose what I've painted. Trust me I save about every 3 minutes even on the smaller paintings -- when you get something just right -- you don't want to be redoing it. The main thing I noticed was it recommended a processor speed of 1 GHZ. Now from going to tiger direct -- I see I can get a new Motherboard for $59.99 with this capability. HP for the Motherboard in my computer to replace would be $571 -- so have no clue why such a difference in price :-( especially since the $60 Motherboard has way better processor. The 512 RAM will work and I can use my cable to link desktop with laptop for sharing of files and also clear off all but the graphics program on my desktop -- thus giving me plenty of space for graphics. So exactly what am I looking at here? Can you put any type of Motherboard in a computer? Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk