Best Bang for your Buck

After much frustration with the SW2009 SP2.0 download and mymachine crashing several times a day i find myself here looking foranswers. I found Anna W's website and ran the Punch Holderbenchmark test and got 162s.
Not awesome, but no as bad as many others.

My question is, will upgrading my laptop fix any of the problemsI'm experiencing?
Slow loading
Constant crashing
Assemblies not updating when sub-assy is modified
Etc.
I realize a newer video card and/or more RAM may solve some speedissues, but will it stop some of the crashes.


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