It can if you don't have enough ram.
It won't run.
Yes, they can take up a lot of RAM and slow down a computer.
how do i slow down the game? numpad control lock isnt working.
yes but the game speed will be very slow
Use iobit toolbox 1.2 to optmize RAM memory
Probably, if it is a big game then it will most probably slow it down.
Buy more RAM
If Minecraft is not running, no it will not slow your computer down.If you have a low end or older computer then playing Minecraft may slow it down a little as it's a fairly hardware intensive game. Just give it as much ram as you can and turn the graphic details down until your happy with it.The Minecraft WiKi has a lot of information on managing the game.
It won't slow down your notebook as long as you have 1 GB of RAM on your notebook.
your laptop may not have powerful enough Graphics card or not enough RAM, labtops cannot be upgraded though so you will need to turn down the Graphics on your game or get a new one
Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 won't slow down your computer at all, unless you have very little RAM.
You just can't it will just start to store temporary files on your hard drive and slow down you computer. Buy more ram.