Fairly new PC slowing down.

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Quote from JamesEM:

Seriously what..?? lol. Biggest myth in trading is that you need a super computer to do it. I trade 1 or 2 markets a few times a day so I just need something that w

True enough. I can trade from my old freebie dell laptop if I have to. It's many years old and was the bottom of the line to begin with.

 

[WinstonTJ]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Or that... One way or another, traders should isolate their trading functions from everything else they do on the computer.

If you don't mind my asking, how does the cost of leasing one of your VMs compare to the cost of a 2nd computer?

Probably too cheap...

Anywhere from $25/month to $150/month. It costs roughly $80c/day to run a modest machine 24/7/365 so the lower end dual-core XP/W7 32-bit with 3gb RAM are a pretty good deal at $25-$30/month.