@ Oceans_Blue
BLUF(bottom line up front)
your cpu capability is the factor here. understand you had this comp that long.
your cpu, i7-4500u, gaming numbers is rated at 3783 and mine is i7-2720qm 6112 and amd fx-8370e 7775.
Longedge's is i7 at 4Ghz so his number is way up there too.
SSD isn't going to help you much neither another 8GB ram. PD14 uses max 7GB ram.
after your physical memory is used up then your comp uses the virtual memory. virtual memory is
your unused HD spaces, hence a loooooooooooooot of sloooooooower rendering. wx makes it extra slow.
p.s.
my dell is 4 to 5 years old. when i upgraded to wx for free, it acted like going over the continental divide gasping for air.
so i've dual booted and she's happy. yes, two OS, w7 and wx. PD resides in w7.
happy happy joy joy
PepsiMan
'garbage in garbage out'
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