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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Can you not up the RAM on the old Laptop ? Sounds like it might be running out of resources if it's dropping the app now and then. It's not like guiding or downloading are particularly hungry applications.
Doubling the RAM and giving it some more Virtual Memory might solve the issue. I normally double the RAM size for the VM.
What is the OS btw ?
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thanks brent, I have a vague recollection of when I purchased it that the hardware wasn't upgradeable, whether that's true or not i'm not sure (I know my way around desktops not laptops), but it was pretty much the cheapest I could get at the time so could be some truth to it. I deleted everything else off it not related to astro so its all pretty clear but it just struggles a bit too much. O/S is windows 7.
do you think 4gb ram will suffice on a newer system? or should I aim for 8bg?