I actually have read that some people have computers that can't play the Orange Box, my computer specs with the exception of five more hundred megabytes of RAM are the minimum requirements of Left 4 Dead. My five year old Emachines PC qualifies as a peace of crap, if your computer isn't able to at least mount a direct x 9 video card, it's time to buy a machine.
Old blog post: My computer is no longer an outdated POS. It's a mid range HP now. Which might be worse in the long run.