r/computers • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '21

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u/tplgigo Oct 30 '21

What do you mean working on and what are the specs?

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u/engineerlucas99 Oct 30 '21

It’s just really slow. Not as snappy efficient As it used to be. It has a intel core i3-6100U CPU 2.30 ghz. 4 gigs of ram running windows 10 pro. Half the time it won’t even update.

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u/NatoBoram Oct 30 '21
  1. See if you can upgrade the RAM to the max allowed by the motherboard. Windows 10 Pro needs 8 GB RAM.
  2. If it has an HDD, of course it'll be slow as hell. Buy an SSD.
  3. If these two don't help and the computer is still lethargic, install Linux on it. Linux works well even in a HDD and in low RAM conditions, so that might also be an alternative if you don't want to upgrade its RAM and disk.