according to their wows' website, it's a cable connection, i need 32MB Ram, 110MB free hard drive space, ethernet/USB and it's 300kbps. according to my computer systems, i'm using windows 98, have 192 RAM and 15361MB free space and my current dial up is 56K. i'm really ignorant about the hardware part of the computer, i know how to turn it on, where the floppy and cd drive goes andthat's about all. kinda like the mechanicals of the car, i know where the gas, oil and battery is, and that's about it.