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    Time to upgrade or Replace?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MelonFarmeR, Oct 22, 2014.

  1. MelonFarmeR

    MelonFarmeR Newbie

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    My wife uses a Lenovo v570 laptop for school and it is running really slow. It actually never was very fast but over the last two years it has gotten pathetic. I am wondering if it upgrading the RAM and switching to a SSD would be worth it or should i just buy something new? it is running windows 7.
     
    MelonFarmeR, Oct 22, 2014
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    lordnikon Notebook Evangelist

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    Most definitely get an SSD. The performance is night and day.

    4GB should be enough for everyday tasks on Windows 7.
     
    lordnikon, Oct 22, 2014
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    lordnikon Notebook Evangelist

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    You probably accumulated a lot of junk files over the years. Grab "ccleaner" and do a sweep.
     
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    I have ran CC cleaner and i keep it pretty clean of junk for her but it has never really been anything impressive. She works a lot in Excel and Word, the load times on those programs are just ridiculous. I have always thought it could be just a slow spinning HD but i don't want to spend the money on a dinosaur.
     
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    livebriand Notebook Consultant

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    Looks like a Sandy Bridge CPU - that's far from a dinosaur. I'd give it a clean install of Windows (maybe using a regular install disc and the key on the bottom, not Lenovo recovery media) and an SSD, and call it good. As long as you have 4GB RAM, you're probably OK for excel/word, although more couldn't hurt. I have a Core 2 Duo laptop, still with its original components (old HDD and 4GB RAM) and with Windows 7 installed, and it's far from being ridiculous as HDD-based machines go.
     
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    KCETech1, Oct 22, 2014
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