Freedom Creations

Before we can get into the nitty-gritty of web design we should start with the hardware.

Doing web design in of itself does not require any heavy duty hardware. Really, all you need is just a text editor. What computer can’t run a text editor? But, let’s get real. There are other things you have to do that are more demanding, for instance edit pictures.

Although there are many choices to make here, I am just going to list the minimum requirements your computer should have to get started and later I’ll list my personal choice.

• Desktop or Laptop (they both have their benefits).
• MAC or PC (no religion wars here please).
• For a MAC get an Intel based processor.
• For a PC, a Pentium 4 class or above or an AMD Athlon class or above will do.
• 512Mb of RAM; for a MAC 1GB.
• 60Gb or more of hard-drive space is sufficient.
• Screen size is up to you; although I would say a supported resolution for a standard display of 1280×1024 and 1280×800 for a wide screen is good.
• The rest of the hardware components are optional and totally up to your needs and budget.