the minimum requirements for Forte are 128 ram (256 recommended) and at least 450 mHz. I have 1.2 gHz w/ 256 RAM and Forte is the best IDE i've ever used, most stable and only takes like 30 secs to load, try it, love it, live it

tho to learn Java "Ready to Program" works well enough, its j1.1 but thats enough till you get the hang of things