http://www.ecomstation.com/edp/mod.php?mod=faq&op=show_answer&faq_id=137
It shows the hardware requirments for eCS. How upto date are these?
It indicates a PS2 mouse for best performance? How many computers even have a PS2 connector on them?
That is a requirement page and it is pretty dated. However, I have tried it on older hardware close to the minimum and was accurate. However, you may want to look at ecomstation.ru hardware list if your planning on buying more current hardware or to compare to what you have. You could also post your current hardware and we should be able to give you direction. I have used both the PS/2 and USB mice and have not noticed any difference, that has been my experience. I have read where there were issues but the updated USB driver corrected them.
I am currently building a budget box for a home user and will be trying eCS2.1 on it. It is an MSI 880GMS - E41 AM3+, Phenom X2 550 Dual Core, and 4GB of RAM. I will post the results on that link. I try to install it on as much hardware as I can (I build a lot of PC's), if time allows to update the web site with more current hardware. Blonde Guy (Neil) has some good hardware as well, you could buy from him or use it as a comparison. His Suntan Special Software is pretty slick as well for keeping the system updated.
http://en.ecomstation.ru/hardware.php http://www.blondeguy.com/+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Update: The MSI board installed fine with eCS2.1. Updated to the latest ACPI and both CPU cores are active. The Realtek multimac 8169 driver did not seem to work, probably have to try some different MAC configurations. Not going to bother as I would normally just add an Intel PCI NIC card anyway because of the speed of them. The onboard NIC is a Realtek 8111E. All USB ports functioning. USB (standard Logitech) mouse is accurate and stable. Going to try the eCS 2.2 Beta tonight. Latest Panorama driver or Snap not giving me the default 20" monitor resolution 1600 x 1050 but provides a nice desktop display at a little higher resolution. Audio Realtek ALC887 works fine. Put info on ecomstation.ru.