It’s great being able to watch movies for free online … but if you want to move past the inevitably frustrating You tube experience of small screens, fuzzy pictures and sometimes substantial loading times, you need more to watch free movies online than just an internet connection! Today we checkout how you can set up your computer to get the best experience from watching movies for free online.

Ideal Specs for Watching MoviesOnline:

800MHz processor

Your processor speed is much more important than the amount of hard disk space you have in ensuring you get a satisfactory experience watching movies online.

256MB of RAM

Although, when it comes to RAM and watching movies, more ismerrier!

Latest Windows or Mac operatingsystem

The Linux users are left some what out in the cold when it comes to watching movies online on some popular platforms – Google Videos will only with Windows and Mac OSx operating systems. It is generally recommended that you have all of the latest updates for your system, also.

Browser

Generally even the earliest versions of popular browsers meet the minimum system requirements for watching movies free online. However newer versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari often include bugfixes that can make your movie watching experience a lotsmoother.

Broadband connection

If you are willing to wait half a day for your movie to load, it may be possible to watch a movie free online with a dial-up connection. For the rest of us, a minimum connection speed of 512k band up is recommended!