Laptop speed up

[praful47]

I am posting this thread to seek some guidance regarding my 10 year old laptop .
I have a dell Inspiron 15 3000 series laptop which is 10 years old .
Intelcore i3 processor , Nvidia graphics card, Windows 10 ( previously 8.1) .
Now laptop was running slow so I updated to windows 10 3 years back , but then also laptop is working slow .

What should I do now to run my laptop smooth .. I just need for multitasking ( no gaming - no editing ) .


@SSV

 

[Tonymathew]

If possible change the processor to a newer one

 

[praful47]

If possible change the processor to a newer one

i5 or i3 only

 

[Tonymathew]

i5 or above...

 

[Garry]

get a SSD installed. it will cost around 2k but speed will improve amazingly.

 

[Tonymathew]

get a SSD installed. it will cost around 2k but speed will improve amazingly.

SSD would do a lot of diff.. however since now he had already upped it to W10, I think i3 (may be 6 or 7 gen), would it find a lot hard to meet up. So SSD+i5

 

[akshayhs]

Ditch windows and use Linux Mint

 

[Tonymathew]

Also, if you have mild usage only, try installing Chromebook

 

[Garry]

SSD would do a lot of diff.. however since now he had already upped it to W10, I think i3 (may be 6 or 7 gen), would it find a lot hard to meet up. So SSD+i5

I think it will be complicated to replace processor in the laptop due to compatibility issues.

 

[praful47]

Which windows is good ?

 

[Garry]

Which windows is good ?

latest one (win11) is always better but if your laptop doesnt support it then win10 is ok.

 

[panchabhut]

I have a Dell latitude i5 from 2013. Came with Win 7. In 2022 I changed to SSD, changed the RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB and installed Win 10. Works fine for all basic needs.

 

[SSV]

I am posting this thread to seek some guidance regarding my 10 year old laptop .
I have a dell Inspiron 15 3000 series laptop which is 10 years old .
Intelcore i3 processor , Nvidia graphics card, Windows 10 ( previously 8.1) .
Now laptop was running slow so I updated to windows 10 3 years back , but then also laptop is working slow .

What should I do now to run my laptop smooth .. I just need for multitasking ( no gaming - no editing ) .


@SSV

As a first step,
Get SSD in the placec of HDD, if it has HDD now..
It makes a huge difference . I personally experienced with my 13 year old ASUS K55V

 

[praful47]

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As a first step,
Get SSD in the placec of HDD, if it has HDD now..
It makes a huge difference . I personally experienced with my 13 year old ASUS K55

Got it ..