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Originally Posted by koputai
Thanks guys.
You may laugh, but I'm going to see how far I get using a Celeron 700 desktop (e-Vectra), with 256mb RAM.
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You're pushing your luck here. I have found that the most CPU-intensive application is usually the imaging software since it has to deal with fairly large files moving from the camera to the PC and being CPU hogs, they make other programs run erratically during times of peak usage. Added to that, the older machines are usually not equipped with much of a hard disk either in size or speed - because their BUS speed (matched with RAM speed) is usually pretty low. Added to that, remember that the Celeron CPUs are essentially Pentiums with the Maths co-processor disabled making them slow with anything graphic. You would have no trouble running your mount and a simple planetarium (a low graphics type like Cartes de Ciel preferably) and possibly even PHD as well, but use the other one to do nothing but run the camera. I would also max out the RAM on these machines to the most it will take.
Good luck but if you're anywhere near SE Qld, it'll be quite a while before you get to try it out.
Peter