All this high tech software, I must have to have a pretty powerful computer to run it right?
Wrong! Archimedes is written so that you can have minimal system requirements for the client side and even the server side of the database. The requirements are as follows:

Minimum System Requirements:
P233MMX
64mb RAM
Windows ‘98

Normal System Requirements:
P3-450+
128mb RAM
Windows ME

Best System Requirements:
Pentium 4 - 1.5+
256MB RAM
Windows 2000 or XP

ALL SYSTEMS NEED:
Fast Ethernet Network
1GB free Hard Drive Space