scottydl
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In recent months my laptop has really begun lagging and running pretty slowly at times. From loading internet content, to opening programs, to startup and shutdown of Windows 7, etc. I have run virus scans, checked ongoing processes to make sure there is no unexpected bloatware, and defragmented disks, which is about everything I can think of to "clean up" the background.
I don't run anything super-high demand, such as advanced photo or video processing. If I have Itunes or Windows Movie Maker working, I can't do much else on the system without serious lagging. My thought is that today's applications and content requires more resources than it did 7 years ago.
This is a ~7 year old HP Pavilion machine with an AMD Phenom II N850 Triple-Core Processor (2.2 Ghz) and 4gb of RAM. I believe the RAM can be upgraded to 8gb, and I saw that the processor is easily accessed too and I could probably drop a replacement in there. Of course that doesn't change the motherboard bus or hard drive accessibility speed. The battery doesn't hold a charge like it used to either.
I guess my main question is whether I should put some money into this laptop to help it keep up, or consider replacing it instead.
I don't run anything super-high demand, such as advanced photo or video processing. If I have Itunes or Windows Movie Maker working, I can't do much else on the system without serious lagging. My thought is that today's applications and content requires more resources than it did 7 years ago.
This is a ~7 year old HP Pavilion machine with an AMD Phenom II N850 Triple-Core Processor (2.2 Ghz) and 4gb of RAM. I believe the RAM can be upgraded to 8gb, and I saw that the processor is easily accessed too and I could probably drop a replacement in there. Of course that doesn't change the motherboard bus or hard drive accessibility speed. The battery doesn't hold a charge like it used to either.
I guess my main question is whether I should put some money into this laptop to help it keep up, or consider replacing it instead.