OK, the honeymoon is over, and you just want to get some work done. Touch is nice, but everyone knows that the quickest way to input a lot of data is to type and click it in with a keyboard and mouse. This IQ526 of mine came from HP with 91, count 'em, 91 processes running in the background. After just 2-1/2 months of normal program loads and general use, the number has grown to a whopping 136!!! It's time to start taking advantage of the 4GB of RAM that came with this PC , and it's time for you guys to tell us of what programs you have running in resident memory, what ones you have found to be un-necessary and why, and the caveats of disabling some of the processes and services that turned out to be critical to normal operation. Let us know of the performance gains whether you measured them with a widely accepted standard performance testing program, or if things just feel faster or take less time, as in the case of burning a DVD. I and a lot of us I'm sure, are itching to hear some of the tricks and tweaks you may have as well. Let HP know through this forum as well how you are using this PC, and how they can build a better mousetrap for the future versions of the TS.