iPlayer relies on Adobe AIR - so maybe that is hogging the CPU. But any recent new PC should handle a CPU hog of a process. Windows 7 is after all multi-tasking. It makes me wonder if there is some underlying problem with the build.
My brother once built a PC with a dual core Athlon X2 and it never ran correctly. It would hang when someone called via Skype and the webcam kicked in. Sometimes needed a reboot.
So I wonder what hardware Duncan has plugged in too?
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