Good evening all,
I have a Lenovo G460 laptop running Windows 7 and over time it has gotten very slow, it blue screens sometimes and is very sluggish. It acts up sometimes meaning if I put some load on it such as running Netflix or copying photos it sometimes freezes and I have to reboot to bring it back to life. I'm not sure if it is overheating or is just tired and likes to crash.
I've had it for more than four years now and it has seen heavy use, traveling, etc but most of the time it doesn't leave my desk.
It does not have any viruses or spyware (I checked for all these things).
Now to my main question. Is the hardware in my machine simply outdated? Here are the specs I know:
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: Lenovo Win7PC
Rating: 4.2 Windows Experience Index
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.80GB useable)
System Type: 64-bit Operating System
Local Disk (C 421GB Capacity (114GB used, 307GB free)
If I buy a $500 laptop will it be better than what I have or are my specs still good? Perhaps my system just needs a reformat? I think I paid $600 for this machine 4 years ago...after $200 off using an online code.
I do not play games on it...it is used for internet, word processing, music, netflix, photos and other basic tasks.
Thank you for any advice.
I have a Lenovo G460 laptop running Windows 7 and over time it has gotten very slow, it blue screens sometimes and is very sluggish. It acts up sometimes meaning if I put some load on it such as running Netflix or copying photos it sometimes freezes and I have to reboot to bring it back to life. I'm not sure if it is overheating or is just tired and likes to crash.
I've had it for more than four years now and it has seen heavy use, traveling, etc but most of the time it doesn't leave my desk.
It does not have any viruses or spyware (I checked for all these things).
Now to my main question. Is the hardware in my machine simply outdated? Here are the specs I know:
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: Lenovo Win7PC
Rating: 4.2 Windows Experience Index
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.80GB useable)
System Type: 64-bit Operating System
Local Disk (C 421GB Capacity (114GB used, 307GB free)
If I buy a $500 laptop will it be better than what I have or are my specs still good? Perhaps my system just needs a reformat? I think I paid $600 for this machine 4 years ago...after $200 off using an online code.
I do not play games on it...it is used for internet, word processing, music, netflix, photos and other basic tasks.
Thank you for any advice.
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