Laptop Help.

[TheEpicDuck]

So im going to school and wanted to buy a laptop that would be easy to carry and have good battery life. There where many options for my usecase but the HP EliteBook folio 1040 really cought my eye. So that's the one i went for. Ive had it for 2 months now and it really isn't that snappy when browsing pictures and files. Im Rambling on here. my question is if anyone here have any good tricks to make a pc faster? All help is apretiated.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Is it the version with the SSD? If it is then check your power settings and open up task manager and see whether a program is hogging the resources  

 

If it's the version without the SSD then, time to grab a screw driver and upgrade it to an SSD (not sure if this model even exists...a model without an SSD )

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Is it the version with the SSD? If it is then check your power settings and open up task manager and see whether a program is hogging the resources  

 

If it's the version without the SSD then, time to grab a screw driver and upgrade it to an SSD (not sure if this model even exists...a model without an SSD )

It's the i7 180 gb model

 

There is nothing unusual in task manager tough.its is on high performance tough if thats what you mean.

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, TheEpicDuck said:

It's the i7 180 gb model

 

There is nothing unusual in task manager tough.its is on high performance tough if thats what you mean.

 

Hmmm...not too sure then

 

[TheEpicDuck]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hmmm...not too sure then

 

Thanks for the awnser anyway

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, TheEpicDuck said:

Thanks for the awnser anyway

 

Your welcome  

[don_svetlio]

8 minutes ago, TheEpicDuck said:

It's the i7 180 gb model

 

There is nothing unusual in task manager tough.its is on high performance tough if thats what you mean.

 

Is the 180GB SSD storage or HDD storage though?

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Is the 180GB SSD storage or HDD storage though?

ssd

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

ssd

 

Hmmm. Which i7 is the one you have?

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Hmmm. Which i7 is the one you have?

I7 4600u

[don_svetlio]

Just now, TheEpicDuck said:

I7 4600u

That explains it. ULV i7s are weaker than desktop i3s. It's essentially a glorified lemon. Try using Firefox and less tasks in the background

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

I7 4600u

So the better version of my 4500u...with the MX100 I have paired with it, it doesn't feel sluggish at all  hmmm...still think it's either a power restriction or a program hogging all the bandwidth...

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

That explains it. ULV i7s are weaker than desktop i3s. It's essentially a glorified lemon. Try using Firefox and less tasks in the background

Well my i7 4500u lappy runs chrome with no problems what so ever  

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

So the better version of my 4500u...with the MX100 I have paired with it, it doesn't feel sluggish at all  hmmm...still think it's either a power restriction or a program hogging all the bandwidth...

Well my i7 4500u lappy runs chrome with no problems what so ever  

30 tabs of chrome?

ULV CPUs are poopy since the 15W they are allowed to use are also shared with the iGPU. Hence why an i5 4200H is over 20% more powerful than an i7 4500U even though both are dual-cores.

[TheEpicDuck]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

That explains it. ULV i7s are weaker than desktop i3s. It's essentially a glorified lemon. Try using Firefox and less tasks in the background

 

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

So the better version of my 4500u...with the MX100 I have paired with it, it doesn't feel sluggish at all  hmmm...still think it's either a power restriction or a program hogging all the bandwidth...

Well my i7 4500u lappy runs chrome with no problems what so ever  

Well it's a buisness laptop so expectations for performance where quite low anyway

[don_svetlio]

Just now, TheEpicDuck said:

 

Well it's a buisness laptop so expectations for performance where quite low anyway

On the contrary. The T420 I use in the office is more powerful than a standard i3

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

30 tabs of chrome?

ULV CPUs are poopy since the 15W they are allowed to use are also shared with the iGPU. Hence why an i5 4200H is over 20% more powerful than an i7 4500U even though both are dual-cores.

10 tabs of chrome with CSGO running at 1080p 80fps (with 8GB of ram and a 840m) isn't bad no?

 

2 minutes ago, TheEpicDuck said:

 

Well it's a buisness laptop so expectations for performance where quite low anyway

I guess , since it already has a SSD, the only real way to get it to run faster is to either to a fresh install of windows or...not sure really...

[TheEpicDuck]

 

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

On the contrary. The T420 I use in the office is more powerful than a standard i3

The T420 is not even close to being an ultrabook wich is what i wanted.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

10 tabs of chrome with CSGO running at 1080p 80fps (with 8GB of ram and a 840m) isn't bad no?

 

I guess , since it already has a SSD, the only real way to get it to run faster is to either to a fresh install of windows or...not sure really...

840M........... If the iGPU isn't running the ULV chip is 50% more powerful

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

 

The T420 is not even close to being an ultrabook wich is what i wanted.

X1 Carbon? Those are ultrabooks but perform well.

[TheEpicDuck]

thats not a t420 tough but it is really good

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

840M........... If the iGPU isn't running the ULV chip is 50% more powerful

Hehehe...you never stated that...just saying  (but my friends i5 4200u is still able to have 10 chrome tabs on power saving mode fine with no dGPU )

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

thats not a t420 tough

Still performs well

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hehehe...you never stated that...just saying  (but my friends i5 4200u is still able to have 10 chrome tabs on power saving mode fine with no dGPU )

And I can do that with 30 tabs with a 4720HQ ;P

[TheEpicDuck]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Still performs well

True

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, TheEpicDuck said:

True

 

Honestly, even my 2.4kg Y50 is fairly portable with the right bag.