CS4 Lightroom Memory

thinking about the following purchase:
Windows Vista Home Prmium SP 1 (64-bit)
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7500 [2.93GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB]
8GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMS]
512 MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]
will this be enough to run both programs smoothly.
also currently have a Samsung SyncMaster 220wm as well as thinking about HP w2558hc monitors.
read somewhere on this board that a quad processor will NOT show that much difference in speed. not into gaming or 3D graphics which is why video card not upgraded more.
Thank you.
Jim

thank you guys, I appreciate your input. when considering the professional version the highlights I've read state better for networking (even home network), gaming, security etc (haven't read in depth). I have no intention of networking, even at home and not into gaming at all, have never played a game on line or even a computer game. does it make a significant difference for Photoshop and light room as well. if so, or as mentioned above, Windows 7, will definitely highly consider.
thanks again.
jim

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Lightroom version: 3.4.1 [749592]
Operating system: Windows Vista Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Version: 6.0 [6002]
Application architecture: x86
System architecture: x86
Physical processor count: 4
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FulvioE wrote:
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System architecture: x86
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