Is anyone using sub-minimum gear?

[Quark]

So, if anyone is using minimum or sub minimum gear, tell us how well (or badly) it is working out for you.

--Pete
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This isn't my primary machine, but my school laptop has WoW at least playable. It's a 1.4 Ghz Celeron processor, 256 MB memory, and an awful video card Mobility Radeon 7500C or something (it has no hardware Texture and Lighting!).

Characters, monsters, spell effects all actually seem pretty decent. Ground textures are horrible. Going through Dun Morogh is just not pretty, you can't even tell what's supposed to be snow and what's supposed to be road. Ironforge and Stormwind are adventures in patience, as it'll frequently hit a little pause while loading more graphics. All said and done though, it is playable once you get into the less graphically-intense areas. However, the laptop is being reserved mainly for chatting with my friends and doing professions like fishing and cooking.