My Vista laptop (purchased December 2008) runs slow. It has 3Gb ram and the specs are below. Windows Exp index says 3.7 and i have 35 gb free on my hard drive, have defragged, stopped unnecessary programs, etc.
I've never done a clean install, the only program i'd need to reinstall is MS Office XP. I only use MS Word and i don't think that i can find the old XP discs. Anyway i can find MS Word at a reduced cost?
Is it slow because a clean windows install would remove all the "junk" that's accumulated over the years, or is my laptop too old and outdated?
If i were to simply buy a new laptop for $400-$650, would i see a huge improvement in performance? Or would the improvement not be all that great unless i spend over $1K on a laptop.
Thanks.
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz .
Number of Cores Dual-Core .
Cache L2 cache - 2.0 MB .
64-bit Computing Yes .
Front Side Bus 667.0 MHz .
Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express .
Memory
RAM 3.0 GB .
Max RAM Supported 4.0 GB .
Technology DDR2 SDRAM .
Speed 667.0 MHz .
Form Factor SO DIMM 200-pin .
Slots Qty 2 .
Empty Slots 0.0 .
Storage
Floppy Drive None .
Hard Drive 320.0 GB HDD / 5400.0 rpm .
Interface Serial ATA-150 .
Storage Removable None .
Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM .
Read Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) .
Write Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) .
Rewrite Speed 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) .
Optical Drive (2nd) None .
Hard drive type Portable
I've never done a clean install, the only program i'd need to reinstall is MS Office XP. I only use MS Word and i don't think that i can find the old XP discs. Anyway i can find MS Word at a reduced cost?
Is it slow because a clean windows install would remove all the "junk" that's accumulated over the years, or is my laptop too old and outdated?
If i were to simply buy a new laptop for $400-$650, would i see a huge improvement in performance? Or would the improvement not be all that great unless i spend over $1K on a laptop.
Thanks.
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz .
Number of Cores Dual-Core .
Cache L2 cache - 2.0 MB .
64-bit Computing Yes .
Front Side Bus 667.0 MHz .
Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express .
Memory
RAM 3.0 GB .
Max RAM Supported 4.0 GB .
Technology DDR2 SDRAM .
Speed 667.0 MHz .
Form Factor SO DIMM 200-pin .
Slots Qty 2 .
Empty Slots 0.0 .
Storage
Floppy Drive None .
Hard Drive 320.0 GB HDD / 5400.0 rpm .
Interface Serial ATA-150 .
Storage Removable None .
Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM .
Read Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) .
Write Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) .
Rewrite Speed 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) .
Optical Drive (2nd) None .
Hard drive type Portable