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rainbowworrier · 11-03-2009, 12:24 PM

I use Calibre a couple of times a day, I really love it! But when I upgraded from v .16 to v .20 I found it chews up all my virtual memory and makes my computer run ver........ry slowly. After doing about 4 or 5 tasks (removing books from the library, editing metadata etc) it comes to a halt and slows my computer right down. It takes me a good 5 minutes to quit and restart Calibre, which then runs fine.....for about 4 or 5 tasks.

Also I can no longer have Firefox open at the same time as Calibre, it seems to take up too much virtual memory now to allow me to use two big programs at once.

Presumably buying a big, fast computer would solve the problem....I'll have to write Santa a hopeful letter. But in case I have been too naughty this year, is there anything I can do to pimp the program so it runs at reasonable speed on the PC I've got?

11-03-2009, 12:24 PM	#1
rainbowworrier Frazzled Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: PocketBook Pro 603	New Calibre makes PC run too slowly I use Calibre a couple of times a day, I really love it! But when I upgraded from v .16 to v .20 I found it chews up all my virtual memory and makes my computer run ver........ry slowly. After doing about 4 or 5 tasks (removing books from the library, editing metadata etc) it comes to a halt and slows my computer right down. It takes me a good 5 minutes to quit and restart Calibre, which then runs fine.....for about 4 or 5 tasks. Also I can no longer have Firefox open at the same time as Calibre, it seems to take up too much virtual memory now to allow me to use two big programs at once. Presumably buying a big, fast computer would solve the problem....I'll have to write Santa a hopeful letter. But in case I have been too naughty this year, is there anything I can do to pimp the program so it runs at reasonable speed on the PC I've got?