Question: Video chat hosting on my laptop, but the computer freezes. What laptop specs will allow me to solve this prob? I chat on about 5 websites at the same time. Recently i like using my laptop to chat but it freezes after 2 sites load. Most use a java based chat system witch seems to use a lot of resourses. First i guess im wondering what i need to improve on my computer to stop this. Is it Ram, Processor, Video card?\n\nAnyway it runs ok with 2 sites now and my laptop is a dell, p3 1.2 mhz and 256 ram. It's hard to compair laptops and desktops because my desktop will run all 5 sites and has about the same specs..\n\nIf i upgraded to 1 gb of ram would that likley solve my problem or do i need to get a new faster laptop.. BTW, basically the laptop runs 5 concurrent video streams but it just slows down and eventually crashes if i try to run 3 sites. I really think the java applet each site uses is sucking up all my ram but i'm not really sure.\n\nThank You

Answer: I think more memory should be a good start. If you really want to be able to run well you should get something faster, mabe a p4 or amd turion, the faster the better. I would also insist on at least 1 GB of ram
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