Great responses (to those of you who read my post. lol)
@Justananomaly - I may move the files to a Windows Server and install the Zune software, but I don't have 50GB free for all the MP3s on the laptop. Plus I use it for Video and Audio encoding/editing so I need as much free space as I can get.
@Gregory - I agree, Unfortunately RAM for the 5150 is not cheap, (I have 2 slots, 2 512 chips now, the 1GB chips are almost $100 ea.) and I'd be better off spending $300 to upgrade my desktop PC to a more modern Core 2 Duo (newegg quoted $320 or so for a new MB/Chip and 2GB RAM. lol)
@Darkblade - You may have something there. I'm a podcast junkie! I rarely use the Zune unless I'm listening to podcasts (In the car, On the Train, During breaks, At night, etc...) so that might be it. I am subscribed to about 20 pod casts (half of which include video)... I didn't consider the fact that it re-encodes the videos (and audio?). I agree that does bog down my system. I can't do much while ripping CDs or rendering video projects. I'll check that out next time it slows on me. Thanks.
I don't suppose there's a way to get it to reduce resources or stop background encoding while the system is in use?
(also... Not to get too off topic, but shouldn't an Athlon XP 3200 be comparable if not faster than a basic P4 running at 3 Ghz? I was under the impression that AMD's naming convention back then was comparing the Athlons to Intel's Pentium 4 of the time, so the XP3200 would be comparable to a P4 3.2Ghz. That and the fact that back then AMD was kicking Intel's butt in performance vs price point. Today, I think I would build an Intel system, but a few years ago I was very pro-AMD)
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