It will marginally affect compile times. The issue is that you have to build every aspect of the program with each build which means the underlying databases have to be accessed and the raw code built into a simpl windows program, a vt pro files ( for each device in the system ) and engraving files generated.

Clearly, the more RAM you are running the better since the program is a memory hog. I'll leave the technical debate about processors to others. That's not my specialty. But I think one of the downsides to this utility is that long build times are inevitable. I was advised by ATSC long ago not to make incremental program changes to the code but to make them all at once because of the long build times. That suggests to me that the long build times are due to the program and how it operates and that computer hardware will only help on the margins.

Alan