do downloads slow down a computer?

[Albert]

Also to add onto the previous posts, it actually is possible for the computer to slowdown.

To give an example, depending on the RAM of your computer, when you have many many programs open and running in the background, the computer's performance "can" decrease in terms of speed.

So if you were using Mozilla Firefox to download it, then the amount of memory this program will take up + other programs running in the background must be LESS than the memory your computer can handle for it to run at normal speed. Otherwise, your computer can slowdown other programs to prioritize its essential ones.

I hope that makes sense. So just make sure you don't have too many programs open at once and you should be completely fine