My computer's too slow

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1461959]

You can't buy a computer nowadays that's too slow to run Word Processors/Spreadsheets/Web browsers on.

So what would you be able to do on your computer if it was faster that you can't now?

Comments

[martling.livejournal.com]

My sole machine is a single-core 2GHz laptop with 1.5GB system RAM (upgraded from 512MB about a year ago) and 64MB of video memory. It's lasted me over four years, which is impressive, although the only original part remaining is the bottom of the case.

The only things that bother me performance-wise are editing HD video, processing large numbers of raw DSLR photos, and running anything particularly graphical in a VM.

But then, I don't play games - or haven't since Portal, at least, which ran fine.

I've looked at replacements, but it looks like all I'd really gain is an extra core, which for much of what I'm doing might not really help much.