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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 8 => Topic started by: Whitebeard1 on July 14, 2015, 02:55:16 AM

Title: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Whitebeard1 on July 14, 2015, 02:55:16 AM

Hey. I bought this Dell Inspiron11 laptop a year ago. I don't use it much, but I notice that it's quite slow/laggy at times.
For example, when starting online flash games, the window can go unresponsive/freeze for a while or even crash.
Or when it's under slightly heavier tasking it can freeze for a few moments too...
People have told me this is normal, but is it really?
Thanks.


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Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Computer_Commando on July 14, 2015, 02:46:54 PM

It's a little underpowered for 64-bit OS, but it does meet minimum requirements.  Does it have a hard disk drive or a solid state drive?  If HDD, consider a SSD replacement.  It may be an eSATA drive or eMMC drive.  The former is replaceable, the latter is not.

Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Whitebeard1 on July 17, 2015, 07:32:12 PM

Hey, sorry for the late reply.
I'm not sure if my laptop have a HDD or a SSD...
Is there any way I can tell?
Thanks.

Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Whitebeard1 on July 17, 2015, 07:46:41 PM

Ah, nevermind. I found that it has a HDD.

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Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Computer_Commando on July 18, 2015, 09:06:46 AM

Windows doesn't know the difference between HDD or SSD.
HWInfo will tell you everything about your hardware.
http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

Dell Inspiron11 came in many configurations.  Need to know exactly what it is.

Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Whitebeard1 on July 19, 2015, 02:07:20 AM

Downloaded HWInfo and took a look at the info. I didn't really understand much so took a screenshot of the system summary it provided.
Thanks.

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Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: soybean on July 19, 2015, 07:45:02 AM

I see your laptop has 2GB of RAM.  Adding more RAM should yield noticeable improvement.  Visit crucial.com and search on your model. 

Title: Re: Is My Laptop Meant To Be This Slow/Laggy?
Post by: Whitebeard1 on July 20, 2015, 04:06:16 PM

Quote from: soybean on July 19, 2015, 07:45:02 AM

I see your laptop has 2GB of RAM.  Adding more RAM should yield noticeable improvement.  Visit crucial.com and search on your model. 

Ok, thanks. Will have a try.