Another possibility: Get an SSD. They will speed up anything a lot. Even if you change nothing else.

RAM for your current machine is slow. Even if you double it. And can't be used in modern systems. An SSD can be moved if you upgrade.

I have an older Laptop here. 8 GB RAM and a Intel dual core. But a fast SSD. So it is able to run my Python development framework (PyCharm) under Linux and Windows with Poser in a virtual machine at the same time - surprisingly fast. Sure, not as fast as my workstation, but fast enough not to scrap the machine.

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