[Zeneta]

Why do you want to do this?

This is for a work at home job. Actually a legit one.

They ran a test on my machine and said I needed a dual-core or better.

[Justa]

Your board can’t be upgraded. It won’t fit the proprietary dell case. So it’s either the X2 mentioned or a whole new PC.

Replacing the CPU is no biggie. Just don’t bend the pins. And if you do use a knife to straighten them out -gently. Don’t forget to max out your RAM too.

[Ray76]

Well if that’s what they require.... Most business tasks are not compute bound. Now if you’re doing some heavy statistics that’s another thing, but they may just have latest-greatest-itis. Since it’s for work it is probably worthwhile to get a new machine.

[Ray76]

Will you have to run some proprietary software, or just a browser or office apps?

[GeronL]

How hard is this work at home scheme...I mean opportunity..? could I do it? I probably don’t have dual core either though.

[Abby4116]

I don't know if a CPU change will prompt a validation error for your Windows XP (I changed a dvd rom once and had to call microsoft for a new validation code) but that is something else you have to consider. Remember, they are giving up support of XP this year too.

A person posted the Newegg system with Windows 7 that sounds like a much better deal.