My new laptop is laggy

[Premoz1]

I just bought this Acer Aspire ES15 just for surfing in web. It was used for 2 years, but not in huge use. The previous owner did factory reset on this laptop. The first time I turned this on I was unable to even use this, but after installing all the windows 10 updates from 2016, it was better but still stuttering. Is there something else I could update? I went to device manager and there was 2 "amd e-7010 apu with amd radeon r2 graphics". Should I update those? And why I cant find my amd radeon settings from this pc? thanks

[Premoz1]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

I just bought this Acer Aspire ES15 just for surfing in web. It was used for 2 years, but not in huge use. The previous owner did factory reset on this laptop. The first time I turned this on I was unable to even use this, but after installing all the windows 10 updates from 2016, it was better but still stuttering. Is there something else I could update? I went to device manager and there was 2 "amd e-7010 apu with amd radeon r2 graphics". Should I update those? And why I cant find my amd radeon settings from this pc? thanks

+I updated my processor from device manager and it says its up to date.

[Premoz1]

2 minutes ago, SnowWolf370 said:

Try a fresh install over a factory restore, it's probably filled with bloatware from Acer.

How can I do that? I only know how to do factory restore

[Likwid]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

+I updated my processor from device manager and it says its up to date.

Dual core and amd low power one, probably running hdd.

You just wasted your money, laptop is complete garbage

[Likwid]

Just now, Likwid said:

Dual core and amd low power one, probably running hdd.

You just wasted your money, laptop is complete garbage

Probably worse then 1st gen i series intel laptop processors from 10 years ago

[Premoz1]

Just now, Likwid said:

Dual core and amd low power one, probably running hdd.

You just wasted your money, laptop is complete garbage

Do you think I got this for gaming? No, I only got this for watching videos etc. This laptop costs 500€ as new

[Likwid]

1 minute ago, Likwid said:

Probably worse then 1st gen i series intel laptop processors from 10 years ago

compared to budget i5 8250u (can get laptop with it for 300$)

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-E1-7010-APU-vs-Intel-i5-8250U/2820vs3042

[Likwid]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

Do you think I got this for gaming? No, I only got this for watching videos etc. This laptop costs 500€ as new

you can get 60 dollar laptop with 2nd gen i5.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-E1-7010-APU-vs-Intel-i5-8250U-vs-Intel-i5-2520M/2820vs3042vs809

[Premoz1]

Just now, Likwid said:

compared to budget i5 8250u (can get laptop with it for 300$)

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-E1-7010-APU-vs-Intel-i5-8250U/2820vs3042

I dont care stop spamming that useless sht in here, I dont care I already bought it stop bragging I am not looking for laptop I am looking how I can fix this

[Likwid]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

I dont care stop spamming that useless sht in here, I dont care I already bought it stop bragging I am not looking for laptop I am looking how I can fix this

Install Ubuntu, it need a lot less resourses then windows

 

LXDE is made to use less resources then standart ubuntu

 

https://lxde.org/get/

[mamamia88]

I'm assuming

11 minutes ago, Likwid said:

Install Ubuntu, it need a lot less resourses then windows

 

LXDE is made to use less resources then standart ubuntu

 

https://lxde.org/get/

Or https://lubuntu.net/

[Teddy07]

Upgrade to SSD if you don´t already have one. It should fix lags in regular use at least it did on my old laptop.

 

[Epimetheus]

A slow laptop will never become a fast laptop, the only thing you can do is not tax it at all

[mamamia88]

25 minutes ago, Premoz1 said:

I dont care stop spamming that useless sht in here, I dont care I already bought it stop bragging I am not looking for laptop I am looking how I can fix this

Can you return it? I know you're angry that you bought a lemon but, taking it out on people trying to help isn't the answer. Other than that ssd and os changes are what you are left with as options. You can get alot of good laptops for what you paid for this. For example I currently have a thinkpad t440p i bought on ebay for $100. I upgraded the screen to 1080p for $50, slapped in 16gb of ram, and a 500gb ssd. Oh and an i7-4700mq. Fully upgraded it costs overall $200 or so cheaper than what you paid for this. 

 

[tatte]

I just upgraded my mother's comparable laptop (100 MHz slower CPU). I gave it an SSD and another 2 GBs of RAM (has 6 now, GPU seems to take 0.5). It finally runs FHD video, as long as nothing is running in the background. Facebook drains every ounce of performance. I'm quicker with an abacus than that CPU.

 

Practically worthless hardware, good luck.

[Akira Shimazu]

add ram and SSD. doesn't fix? the end.

[Premoz1]

25 minutes ago, Epimetheus said:

A slow laptop will never become a fast laptop, the only thing you can do is not tax it at all

This laptop is slow I know, but now slow as it is now. I know that. I know that it should be faster

[tatte]

11 minutes ago, Premoz1 said:

This laptop is slow I know, but now slow as it is now. I know that. I know that it should be faster

Based on what? Just curious.

[Premoz1]

13 minutes ago, tatte said:

Based on what? Just curious.

Because it costs 500€ and doesnt even run youtube?

[Epimetheus]

1 minute ago, Premoz1 said:

Because it costs 500€ and doesnt even run youtube?

you paid 500 for an old slow dual core? Dude you've been scammed hard. 500 is probably the price for a modern aspire, which would be a million times faster

[Tristerin]

On my i7 620m 2gb laptop I have to run Linux, Windows 10 is way to bloated.  I suggest Manjaro.  It makes that Toshiba piece of slate garbage viable for watching youtube, etc.

[tatte]

4 minutes ago, Premoz1 said:

Because it costs 500€ and doesnt even run youtube?

You think it should be faster because it costs a lot? Well, in a sense you're not wrong. It's just not how the world works.

[Tristerin]

5 minutes ago, Premoz1 said:

Because it costs 500€ and doesnt even run youtube?

What they are saying is that if you paid that you got ripped off.  Bigly like.  But as you said doesn't matter - what can we do to help you get it going better.

 

I suggest replacing the HDD with an SSD.  If you have more than 2gb of RAM you can use Win 10, if you do not you will have a very bad time with Windows, thus I suggest Manjaro

[Shammikit]

1 hour ago, Premoz1 said:

I just bought this Acer Aspire ES15 just for surfing in web. It was used for 2 years, but not in huge use. The previous owner did factory reset on this laptop. The first time I turned this on I was unable to even use this, but after installing all the windows 10 updates from 2016, it was better but still stuttering. Is there something else I could update? I went to device manager and there was 2 "amd e-7010 apu with amd radeon r2 graphics". Should I update those? And why I cant find my amd radeon settings from this pc? thanks

Better get a Windows 10 disk/ISO, format the computer and start fresh. If u dont know how to do a fresh install, google it a bit. There should be plenty of tutorials on youtube as well. Disable any unnecessary background processes when u r in. It should be enough for just surfing the web. If u got some cash get an SSD or upgrade the RAM.

Windows 7 should also be good as it is lightweight on hardware compared to Windows 10 as u would be using it for web browsing, but then again i think Windows 7 dont get any security updates anymore. The choice is yours.

[Murasaki]

Please return this thing you have been scammed, new one costs 450$ on amazon. 500 euro for it USED is wrong and it might cost you even more to get it running properly.