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Hy

my project with opus is getting bigger and more complicated , many sounds and pic , video ,
everything works fine but on the editor things are getting a bit slower.

Now I work with a Dell m170 xps (year 2003) Pentium M 2.13 ghz, 2gb ram ddr, 100gb hdd 5400 rpm,
Vga Nividia 6800 ultra.

I know a desktop with a fast hdd is best , but because I travel so much I can only work with a laptop,

so what is the best component in the laptop who makes work with opus editor fast?

A fast processor?
lots of ram ?
a fast hdd ?

thanks

If you are running on battery power, laptop may be using less than full CPU performance.

RAM is very important.
GPU/graphics chip is very important.

Disk defrag -- as a way to tune-up
Clear the Windows swap file first.
Temporarily disable wireless.

Work habits, work practices can help improve situation possibly -- for example, only open one or few applications, one or few work-files.

Buy a new laptop.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/index.php
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Gra ... 844.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Pro ... 436.0.html