DaDude Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 My uncle had an old Dell laptop that he bought 7 years ago. These are the specs:Windows VistaIntel Core 2 Duo Processor2 GB RAM125 GB Hard DriveThe laptop has become extremely slow over the years, but my uncle just put up with it. Well, the laptop has been having overheating issues, so my uncle finally decided to buy a new one. This is the one he just bought:http://www.costco.com/Dell-Inspiron-15-Laptop-|-Intel-Core-i5-|-Office-2013.product.100090985.htmlLooking at those specs, this new laptop looks like it's significantly more powerful as it has a Core i5 processor, 6 GB of RAM and 750 GB Hard Drive. Not to mention that is has Windows 8 which is supposedly MUCH faster than Vista.Well, to our surprise, it wasn't that much faster. It takes a long time to boot up and shut down. And it's not as responsive as he hoped. And it's not like you open a program and it instantaneously opens up. It's also sluggish like his old PC.Why isn't this new computer any faster? Have we reached the law of diminishing returns with computers now? Or is there something wrong with the specs that my uncle is not aware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted February 17, 2014 Reporter Share Posted February 17, 2014 Bloatware? http://pcdecrapifier.com/ http://www.decrap.org/ Roger H., Jose_49, WAQT and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I can tell you, it's 99.99999999999999999999999% due to the crapware Dell installed on the machine. WAQT, jamieakers, margrave and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Drive could be a 5400RPM drive, and old laptop had a 7200 RPM drive, that might make a difference. TAZMINATOR 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Unless you put in a SSD, it will never be "instantaneous" at anything. That's just the nature of mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Drive could be a 5400RPM drive, and old laptop had a 7200 RPM drive, that might make a difference. either this or bloatware running in background at startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfirth Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Do yourself a favor and install a fresh, unmolested version of Windows. But that 5400RPM hard drive is probably slowing you down. Vvo and WAQT 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I can tell you, it's 99.99999999999999999999999% due to the crapware Dell installed on the machine. That Dell Inspiron 15 doesn't really have any pre-loaded crap-ware on it from the factory, I've loaded a few of those out of the box, it has the Dell Control Center, Webcam (if installed) and TPM stuff, but not much else. Sometimes Symantec or Mcafee. The CPU he has in that think is quite low.. and I just confirmed the drive is 5400RPM, you could put 32GB of ram in it and a nice i7 EE and it would still run slow loading/booting because of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 It's also sluggish like his old PC. Why isn't this new computer any faster? Have we reached the law of diminishing returns with computers now? Or is there something wrong with the specs that my uncle is not aware of? Besides opening programs/booting up, what is trying to do? Surf the net? If so, does he have DSL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaDude Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Drive could be a 5400RPM drive, and old laptop had a 7200 RPM drive, that might make a difference. Is there any way to check the RPM on my old computer's HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted February 17, 2014 Reporter Share Posted February 17, 2014 Do us a favor and post a list of the pre-installed apps. Download CCLEANER and follow those steps: https://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-how-tos/listing-installed-programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Is there any way to check the RPM on my old computer's HD? it is on the label on the hard drive inside the laptop... or you might have the label on laptop somewhere maybe near the keyboard or bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted February 17, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 17, 2014 If your looking for fast boot, and loading of anything off the disk - I would suggest a SSD to be sure. My machine boots in like 20 seconds to the desktop with the SSD. The Evil Overlord, RedOak and Open Minded 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrobwx71 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Is there any way to check the RPM on my old computer's HD? http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/check-hard-drive-rpm/ TAZMINATOR 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rageagainstmachine Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Start > msconfig > startup tab. review, and untick things you dont need stating up (normally all). issues should be lot better The Evil Overlord and Jose_49 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You should be able to see the drive make and model number under properties in device manager you can then Google the specs. As to removing stuff try Decrapifier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Is there any way to check the RPM on my old computer's HD? You can download Speccy and get the part number of the HDD. http://www.piriform.com/speccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasondefaoite Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Start > msconfig > startup tab. review, and untick things you dont need stating up (normally all). issues should be lot better Or Crtl+Shift+Esc, then startup tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rageagainstmachine Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Or Crtl+Shift+Esc, then startup tab that takes me to task manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Or Crtl+Shift+Esc, then startup tab FYI, that startup tab does not show on Windows 7 or older if you use that hotkey. Jose_49 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted February 17, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2014 Use this: http://pcdecrapifier.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted February 17, 2014 Member Share Posted February 17, 2014 Does anyone other than WD even produce 2.5" drives that are 7200rpms anymore? Seems to be that market died awhile ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Does anyone other than WD even produce 2.5" drives that are 7200rpms anymore? Seems to be that market died awhile ago. Look at these.. - http://amzn.com/B007VPGJIY and http://amzn.com/B003FW9T0M for example, they are 10k 2.5" drives in a 3.5 adapter/casing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted February 17, 2014 Member Share Posted February 17, 2014 Look at these.. - http://amzn.com/B007VPGJIY and http://amzn.com/B003FW9T0M for example, they are 10k 2.5" drives in a 3.5 adapter/casing That's WD though. They do still produce 7200rpm 2.5", but afaik no-one else really does anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'd pull up the Task Manager and check the CPU usage. Maybe a rogue app is chewing up CPU cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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