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jasno999 · Rated NC-17

So far I do like my new dell laptop. Again just for reference I got the Dell E1505 with 2GHz Duo processor, 1GB RAM and 100GB hard drive.

I have noticed that when I use my GPS software (Streets and trips 2006) and when I use ITUNES and connect my IPOD I seem to get freeze ups on my computer.

Example on the GPS software everything seems to work fine but then all of a sudden a 45mins in the map starts to lag out and the screen freezes up. I think the GPS is still working but the display stops updating and when I try to close it or click on something it takes forever for it to happen or it just never happens.

Same thing with ITUNES. When I try to grab all of my files and move them into my IPOD directory so that they will be copied over from the computer to the IPOD it basically just freezes up totally and I have to close out of itunes using control alt delete. Part of the ITUNES issue might be due to the fact that the actual songs exist on my desktop computer hard drive and I have them in my ITUNES player basically as linked files on the laptop. But still it just seems like there is not enough RAM or processing power to actually grab every song and move it. IT can do groups of 20 songs or so ok but more than that and it lags out.

I don't know what the deal is. Maybe it is just the world of laptops and how they work. But I thought for sure that this laptop would be faster and better than my old out of date desktop. But it does not seem that way. I can't tell if it has to do with the hardware or if this is some type of software issue. Maybe there are things running in the background that I don't see or know are running....

I just want it to work smooth. I could understand if I was running multiple programs at the same time but when I am using GPS and it is the only thing working why the heck would I see it start to get laggy after 30-45 mins of use???