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  • got em both, boat-loads is a little vague though :) Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 16:45
  • A minimum of 6 GB. This generally means going 64-bit, in which case you should also use 64-bit SQL Server for any database work. I've found it to be substantially faster than the 32-bit version. Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 16:46
  • That's exactly what I have. Machine is only about a year old. Everything else flies, the app I use 90% of my time on the computer though is slow(ish). Go figure. Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 17:17
  • Then there's something wrong. A one-minute load time is ridiculous on that kind of hardware. Perhaps @Fabian's link will help. I've seen massive improvements in the past by moving code and temp directories onto RAM disk, but it's usually too much effort and the code I work with these days runs fine on hardware similar to yours. Perhaps you'll have to go to such extremes. Commented Dec 6, 2010 at 17:28