Brand new laptop slower than old one

cbiweb · 11 Nov 2017

Helmut said:

I would suspect you have not gone thru Windows 10 settings, a lot needs changing otherwise a load of useless stuff runs in the background does downloads that you never use.

I would suspect you suspect too easily.

Helmut said:

Also stop Live Tiles on the Start screen you don't want, you have to do each individually by right clicking.

Did that very early on, as I always do with a new Win10 machine.

Helmut said:

I would get rid of 2 Web Browsers, 5 is far too many.

I'm... not running 5 browsers?
Of the ones I do have I don't usually run more than one at a time. And none of them are loaded with lots of extensions or other extra baggage.

Helmut said:

I would also check for Malware.

It's a brand new machine, and I haven't been bitten by such stuff since the one time I let one in back in 2002. Seriously, I never get infected with anything at all; that's how well I protect my tech.

Helmut said:

Check you have not installed any so-called 'cleaner application' that deletes Prefetch data.

No need to check because I know I didn't do so.

Helmut said:

Go to the Power options, minimise the power saving features, go for performance.

Another thing I do very early on after setting up a new machine.

Helmut said:

It is not a dud, just that you have apparently not done any configuration of Windows and Applications.

Apparently I've done quite a bit (and more than what's been mentioned in this post). In any case, I've never had a new machine act like this right out of the box, so something's more amiss than "any" configuration I may not have yet done.

cbiweb · 11 Nov 2017

margrave55 said:

What CPU is in this new laptop? And the old laptop?

It's all there in my specs ("My Computers" in the lower left of this post).

margrave55 said:

Also, side note ...
Cheap is slow. Cheap is unreliable. So don't buy cheap.

Easy to say when you're not eating peanut butter two meals a day....

Gordon7 · 11 Nov 2017

@chiweb - and if clam1952 had actually read your PC spec's he would have noticed that your new laptop have 6 GB Ram not 8 -
so there is nothing wrong in that apartment.

But still your RAM usage is to high for some reason. I see that the 6 GB is using both of your 2 RAM slots, that must
be a 4 GB in one, and 2 GB in the other!? (Sad they did not use two 4 GB sticks).

You have only 10 days to roll back to your previous system, from the day you get 1709 (FCU).

clam1952 · 11 Nov 2017

Read the thread properly in particular post 7 where I stated that looks like the 6GB, remember the OP thought he should have had 8GB.

RoasterMen · 11 Nov 2017

Settings will show the total installed memory on your system then show how much is only used.

My 2014 AMD laptop is fine, even with 4GB (thanks to superfetch)

Gordon7 · 12 Nov 2017

Sorry clam1952 I misread that peace. I see now that Lenovo state it should have 4 GB soldered + 4GB DIM DDR4 RAM:

link to Lenovo: http://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/Lenov...7?M=80XM00F0US

cbiweb · 13 Nov 2017

Yeah I just checked on the RAM situation. 17" models (like mine) come with only 6GB, while 15's come with 8. .......

MrHudson · 15 Nov 2017

After doing clean install, mine seems a bit faster now, but Its using 56% of 3.9GB available of ram, will upgrade it soon to 8GB. CPU needs to be faster, 1.6 GHz with a 2.16 GHz max not cutting it.

FerchogtX · 17 Nov 2017

For me, your AMD A10 is way better than that i3... A system that could run better that your current A10 would be an A12 or an AMD FX at least, or, if you want an intel, and i5 would be faster than your A10...

Also, I would avoid those intel HD integrated graphics, those GPUs are horrible.

In my case, AMD does it's job, I can multitask, do my design work and turn hardware aceleration on for many stuff, it even doesn0t heat that much (like older AMD's used to do)

Ah, I would go for something beyond 6 GB RAM... also, check your startup items, I-m asuming you have a lot of stuff sitting there using a lot of RAM...

cbiweb · 17 Nov 2017

FerchogtX said:

For me, your AMD A10 is way better than that i3... A system that could run better that your current A10 would be an A12 or an AMD FX at least, or, if you want an intel, and i5 would be faster than your A10...

Also, I would avoid those intel HD integrated graphics, those GPUs are horrible.

In my case, AMD does it's job, I can multitask, do my design work and turn hardware aceleration on for many stuff, it even doesn0t heat that much (like older AMD's used to do)

Ah, I would go for something beyond 6 GB RAM... also, check your startup items, I-m asuming you have a lot of stuff sitting there using a lot of RAM...

If you're talking to me, you might read through the thread before telling me what to stay away from and what to get. But if you did read through the thread, then you must be talking to someone else (hard to know without quoting whoever you're replying to), but not sure who?