Is separate graphics card needed for Dreamweaver CS4?

Question

My PC (an HP Pavilion a1120n) meets the stated system
requirements for Dreamweaver CS4, except that it has integrated
graphics (max of 128MB) instead of a separate video card. I can
easily upgrade to 4MB of RAM. Could anyone please tell me whether
Dreamweaver will run on my machine, or whether I need to invest in
a new PC. A potential free-lance job rides on this question. Many
thanks!

Answer 1

To be honest, all you really need is a crappy old computer
and Notepad.
I'll admit that this may be a really bare-bones way to start,
though.
In my opinion, the best was would be to get the Adobe
Creative Suite 4 Web
Premium package. It is a pricey bird, though ($1,699 domestic
for a full
copy - not upgrade). I'm assuming you want to stick with
Dreamweaver.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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> Thanks, Walt -- that may be the best route, although
first I'll have to
> add
> some RAM to the puny 512 megs I have now. Still, that's
easy and cheap
> enough
> to do, and will improve my aging PC in any case.
> I'm not using Dreamweaver now. I've been a print editor
at newspapers
> for
> 36 years. About two years ago I was transferred
half-time to my
> newspaper's Web
> site, which uses OpenCMS. Little training provided and
no manual, of
> course. I
> had to teach myself, and I've worked hard at it &
picked up a good bit of
> HTML
> and CSS. Built my own personal site on the side by hand.
Fascinating stuff
> to
> learn.
> Old friend of mine runs a small business and is unhappy
with his poky
> Web
> site. He asked me for suggestions. I drew up a list and
then decided
> showing is
> better than telling, so I cloned his source code,
altered it some and
> worked up
> a prototype that he really liked. Then he offered to
hire me to do a
> complete
> redesign!
> Everybody knows what's happening to newspapers. I'm
seeing an
> opportunity
> here to maybe build a little part-time business -- if I
can satisfy this
> guy,
> maybe I can help others, too. But to do a professional
job I'd need more
> training, and professional tools as well. But: What do I
need to buy? And
> shall
> I make the investment and take the risk? (One-quarter of
our newsroom was
> laid
> off last week -- 45 people!)
>
>