Hardware Requirements for Internet PC

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My experience has been quite different. I'm talking about XP with a
single core processor and a GB of RAM. There will be near 100%
processor usage on some web pages containing flash video ads, even
without a main video running on the page. Some scripting will also

With the Firefox extension flashblock, that is eased considerably. (I
don't know if IE has something similar - I'd be surprised if it
doesn't.)
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Almost all of my recent experiences with single core CPUs are with
Celerons and Athlons.

A lot of netbooks - most, originally, not sure now - had the Atom. (The
NC20 and a few others had the Via Nano.)

On the other hand, Windows 7 performs much better with a single core
processor on the same sites. I have a laptop with a Sempron processor
that performs flawlessly with Windows 7 and 2GB RAM..... much better
than XP with a Sempron processor, using the same software and going to
the same web sites. Some newer software, such as anti-virus apps,
assume at least a dual-core processor and as a result, there are
issues with too many threads doing too much for the single core.

(Can't they be "told" it's a single-core processor they're running on?)
[Avira seems OK here.]

YMMV. :-)

Wow I haven't found any single core CPU where Windows 7 performs well.
Which one have you found to work pretty well?

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