Is oracle client better for me?

I just need to test some apps with oracle database... i have installed oracle 10g database for win32 but it slows down my computer... will oracle client be faster... and take up lesser resources...

The client is just that: a client, a mechanism for connecting to a database. The database is a server. Just installing the oracle client will only hope you if you have a database on another machine you can connect to.
Unfortunately databases tend to be resource hungry beasts. If your machine is not very powerful (low on RAM and/or low on CPU) then you will experience slow performance. Especially if these other applications you mention also require lotsa crunch.
Not sure what to advise you. Perhaps you can ask your boss for an upgraded machine ;)
If the problem is that you are exepreincing sluggish perfromance when running other apps which don't require the database to be up then you should explore the possibilities of configuring the database services (as you were advised in Oracle Install has slowed down the start up of my computer).
Cheers, APC

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