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

[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

lizzie_and_ari are right on the money. People in general don't have enough RAM, simply because of the way PCs are sold: on the headline figure of CPU speed, so it looks like a good deal to half the RAM but squeeze an extra couple of MHz into a machine for the same price.

I frequently refer to the HDD light on the front of PC cases as the "Buy More RAM" light. Because if it's blinking, chances are you need to buy more RAM.

[zz]

windows will swap even when it doesn't need to, so if i have >2gb ram in a machine i'll turn off the swap file altogether, which provides a minor speed boost from windows waiting for the hard disk less. and on laptops it should also have battery life implications.