Bravo Analysis: System Configuration Levels
LEVEL: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
CPU Cel 300 Cel 500 Cel 1G Cel 1.8G Cel D 3G P4 3.4G HT P4 3.8G HT
MEM 64M 128M 256M 512M 512M 1G 2G
HD/CF 256M CF 512M CF 4G HD 40G HD 80G HD 160G HD 300G HD
O.S. 98 LT 2K LT XP LT XP Pro XP Pro XP Pro XP Pro
Web Browsing
HTML Text/Graphics              
SSL              
Active-X              
Java VM              
Flash/Shockwave              
RSS              
eMail & FAX
Webmail              
Outlook Express              
OWA              
Outlook/Exchange              
FAX Send/Receive              
IM/Voice/Video & Collaboration
Instant Messenging              
PPH VoIP              
Skype/Yahoo Voice              
WebEx/Live Meeting              
Video Conference              
General Productivity Tools
Word 97 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
Excel 97 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
PowerPoint              
Filemaker 8              
Access              
OneNote              
Publisher              
PDF Read/Create              
CBT              
Speech Recognition              
Handwriting Recognition              
Imaging Applications              
PDA Sync              
Encryption/Compression Very Slow            
Multi-tasking              
Business/Accounting
Quicken/Money Older versions            
QuickBooks/Peachtree              
LOB/MCA   ? ?        
Audio/Video
MIDI play/create              
Play MP3, wav, wma, CD              
Audio Recording/Encode              
Play Streaming Audio              
View Streaming Video              
DVD Playing              
DVD Encode/Copy              
DVD Authoring              
Burn CD/DVD Very Hi CPU% Hi CPU%          
Audio Streaming Feed Hi CPU%            
Photo/Graphics Processing
Photo Viewing              
Photo Management              
Photo Enhancing              
Photo Paint/Edit              
Advanced Photo Edit              
Remote Access
RDP/UVNC/PCA client              
UVNC/PCA host              
RDP host              
VPN client              
DDNS              
Web Development
FTP Client              
WebDev basic              
WebDev Advanced              
Security, SysAdmin & Misc.
Host-based Firewall              
Anti-Virus              
Anti-Spyware              
Patch Management              
Ghost              
Retrospect/Backup Exec              
Virtual PC/Vmware              
Suitability: Inadequate Marginal OK Ideal
System Configuration Levels Explained:       Last Updated: 12/10/2005
0: Salvaged Barebone appliance for basic tasks. Slow and missing advanced features. Completely Obsolete
1: Economy Quite pleasant, and certainly productive for almost all work-related tasks. Very Obsolete  
2: Basic Entry-level mainstream system. There's nothing you can't do with this system. Obsolete  
3: Very Nice More than meeting basic requirements. Almost Current  
4: Excellent (Standard) Value Sweet Spot. Power to spare. Entry-level current generation new systems. Current  
5: Power Mainstream power-users. OK value. Marginally faster than Level 4 for most tasks. Current  
6: Extreme Very poor bang-for-the-buck. Top-of-The-Line bragging rights for 90-days. Latest