Upgrading your ram would probably be a big help.

Another thing to consider is that you don't really need to work in 300 ppi resolution. My computer meets all the PSP requirements but runs very slow in PSP when I try to work with everything in 300 ppi. Then I found out - both from being told and from trying it myself - that 180-200 ppi is more than sufficient resolution. Since I've switched my default to 180 ppi, I have no more problems. And the print quality is wonderful. Now, when I open a paper, element, whatever, I automatically resize it from 300 to 180 and save it as a .pspimage file. I also create in 8x8 page size now since printing out 12x12 is a major pain and is expensive.

Try the above suggestions and get going on learning digiscrapping. We have a great resource on this forum with a lot of quality PSP users who are always willing to help. So go for it and keep on asking questions.

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