I often run the following programs all at the same time: 1.) Poser 2.) ThumbsPlus 3.) PhotoShop 4.) Internet Explorer 5.) Corel Capture 6.) MS Word 7.) Outlook Express 8.) Dreamweaver 9.) SpamKiller I have a lowly Intel Celeron 533 mhz motherboard with an on-board video chip, 512MB of RAM. I run all the programs at once because I often create tutorials. I need to create the tutorial "in real time," as I do the procedures, capture the screenshots and put it all together. If you can only do one thing at a time, there appears to be something wrong... What operating system are you using? I use Windows XP Home Edition.