The problem isn't usually the spec, it's the amount of shite that's been installed unfortunately. All the adware, spyware, toolbars. The programs that you installed but forgot to uninstall that for some reason feel the need to run on boot and have a stupid tray icon, that stuff.
Also, Chrome, fucking Chrome. I really need to move away from Chrome. No matter what OS I use it just eats all the RAM. I must admit I often have loads of tabs open but even when you shut them it struggles to give the RAM back. Greedy fucker.
EDITED: 24 Jul 2015 18:55 by ANT_THOMAS