Ejukebox seems to run very slowly on my PC (P4, 2.0 GHz, 1 GB, XP Pro), especially when loading album list or switching screens. I have turned off the carousel.

My music storage is pretty cobbed up: Ejukebox on a 40 GB IDE internal drive; music on two 250 GB internal IDE drives (about 41,000 songs, 300 GB); and an external 500 GB USB drive backing up the music drives.

I have a utility that shows low (0%) CPU available when things slow down, but usually plenty of RAM (500 MB+) available. I think I have cleared out most of the junk startup programs.

I need to upgrade my hardware, but don't know where to start. Should I focus on a better processor, more RAM, simpler HD configuration, different Ejukebox setup, less music, etc.

Thanks