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I currently have a low-end Acer laptop with:
- Intel Pentium CPU B960 2.2GHZ processor
- 4GB RAM
- Windows 8 64-bit
It runs great until I start Photoshop CS6. That slows it right down, and if I try to load more than 8 pictures into Photoshop, it slows down to a crawl.
Will simply adding 4GB more RAM help, or should I get a machine with a faster processor as well? I'm currently looking at an HP with an i7 dual core processor and 4GB of RAM. Will the i7 make a difference, or will I still need to add another 4GB of RAM to that as well?
I also like to run Adobe Premiere, but there's no way I can run it at the same time as Photoshop on my Acer.
@athomsfere is right to suggest looking at performance monitor. You can see this in the Task Manager (ctrl + shift + esc) and select show more as well as take a look at the Performance and view the Resource Monitor (link at the bottom) for more performance information. Once you find the hyperactive culprit you might be able to come up with a quick solution (SSD as opposed to processor). – iamwpj – 2013-11-19T03:13:42.147