What kind of specs are you talking about?
For instance, my mother does nothing but surf the net get email with her computer. I’m recommending she ditch the standalone computer and hook a $199 Acer Aspire Revo to her HD tv and use a wireless keyboard/mouse. It’s more powerful than her old Dell desktop and it will probably give her a lot more things to use on her computer, by allowing her to use it for entertainment content as well.
No, I make my living on my computer. Course development, student manuals and maintenance manuals. I spend 30% of my time on the Internet finding pictures and grapahs to support my courses. My overall computer use … Internet research.