In addition to @user2375955 answer here are some usefull tips to enhance performance:

1. Make sure you have latest service pack installed
2. Make sure you data is in geodatabase and not file based (e.g. shapefiles)
3. Only leave layers on in your map document that are needed during simple panning and editing tasks
4. Your online basemaps should get faster as they re-cache when you zoom and pan around
5. Use the Analyze Map tool to figure out what else might be slowing your map performance
6. When running geoprocessing tools on large datasets you may want to copy your input/output data locally for these tasks

Here are some additional links that may be helpful:

Tips on improving map display performance

ArcGIS Desktop System Requirments

In addition to @user2375955 answer here are some usefull tips to enhance performance:

1. Make sure latest service packs are installed
2. Make sure data is in geodatabase and not file based (e.g. shapefiles)
3. Only leave layers on in map document that are needed during simple panning and editing tasks
4. Online basemaps should get faster as they re-cache when users zoom and pan around
5. Use the Analyze Map tool to figure out what else might be slowing the map performance
6. When running geoprocessing tools on large datasets you may want to copy your input/output data locally for these tasks

Here are some additional links that may be helpful:

Tips on improving map display performance

ArcGIS Desktop System Requirments

In addition to @user2375955 answer here are some usefull tips to enhance performance:

1. Make sure you have latest service pack installed
2. Make sure you data is in geodatabase and not file based (e.g. shapefiles)
3. Only leave layers on in your map document that we need during simple panning and editing tasks
4. Your online basemaps should get faster as they re-cache when you zoom and pan around
5. Use the Analyze Map tool to figure out what else might be slowing your map performance
6. When running geoprocessing tools on large datasets you may want to copy your input/output data locally for these tasks

Here are some additional links that may be helpful:

Tips on improving map display performance

ArcGIS Desktop System Requirments

In addition to @user2375955 answer here are some usefull tips to enhance performance:

1. Make sure you have latest service pack installed
2. Make sure you data is in geodatabase and not file based (e.g. shapefiles)
3. Only leave layers on in your map document that are needed during simple panning and editing tasks
4. Your online basemaps should get faster as they re-cache when you zoom and pan around
5. Use the Analyze Map tool to figure out what else might be slowing your map performance
6. When running geoprocessing tools on large datasets you may want to copy your input/output data locally for these tasks

Here are some additional links that may be helpful:

Tips on improving map display performance

ArcGIS Desktop System Requirments