PS Elements 4.0 vs. PS7 - speed?

I currently have PS7 and 512MB ram. Needless to say, it runs slow.

I understand that adding ram with increase the speed but my computer

can only expand to 1GB total ram. I am not sure if this will be

enough.

An alternative is the go ahead and upgrade to 1GB of ram as planned

and maybe switch to Elements 4.0. I don't do heavy PS work and I

mainly use it for resizing, image adjustements, coverting to B&W,

dodging/burning, touch ups, layers, mask etc. Nothing major.

Elements will do all of these things.

The big question, will Elements run faster than PS7 on 1GB of Ram?

I don't mind spending the money on Elements if it will be a speed

improvment.

Jim

If Elements is based on Photoshop CS, it will run slower.

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Windows XP alone consumes about 250 MB just sitting there. The other 250 MB are doled out in a conservative fashion. Upgrading to 512 MB will dramatically improve PS7 if RAM is your largest bottleneck.

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This is worth a read:

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<a href=http://www.epinions.com/content_2061934724>http://www.epinions.com/content_2061934724</a>

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DI