You need to get more RAM. You should at least double the amount of RAM you have. RAM is pretty cheap these days, and you should see a big performance boost. I have 1GB of RAM personally and it really helps. You might want to look at getting a bigger hard drive as well. 10GB isn't that big. You don't say how much virtual memory you have reserved on your computer, but once you upgrade your RAM, you'll probably want to increase your virtual memory as well. Cheers!