Thanks for the links.
I'm looking at this CPU/video card (didn't know those existed):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942
It sounds pretty good for what I need.
Don't sound cards often come integrated with CPUs (I mean motherboards?) or is that pretty much just when you buy them off the shelf?
I wondered if Adobe just sucks at being efficient, but since I don't know enough about that kind of thing, I couldn't be sure. Still, I always vented my anger first at them for the slowdown and then at my computer.
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