Q: I'm doing an assignment which requires me to (hypothetically) put a computer together for a graphic designer. I need the minimum hardware (processor) to support Vista Business and Adobe Creative Suite 3. Vista minimum is - 1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor Adobe minimum is - Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I don't believe any of them are 1GHz, so which is the next one up? I'm new to this and they've thrown me in the deep end. Any help will be appreciated :) ... No, no, nooo - I need Vista and Adobe. I need to calculate the MINIMUM hardware requirements to run these programs. It doesn't really matter if it takes 100 years to load. But it was a good idea answering - no-one even answers my stuuuupid questions so 10 points probably coming your way soon ... :( I've got nothing at the moment. I'm basing this on the minimum hardware requirements I got from the Adobe and Microsoft websites. It's not to say I'm going to use it but I do need to state the absolute minimum processor that will run these programs ... ... dammit I'm probably making no sense.
A: What motherboard do you (hypothetically) have and which slot cpu? an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 2 x 3.00Ghz 6Mb Cache 1333 FSB Dual Core Processor should do it.