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I've had the same problem. I had a i7 T420 with 16GB of RAM that was lightning quick when I got it and over a few years became completely unusable even for basi
by freehunter 7y ago
I've had the same problem. I had a i7 T420 with 16GB of RAM that was lightning quick when I got it and over a few years became completely unusable even for basic tasks. When I hit the Windows key to open the start menu, I could turn and take a sip of coffee before it opened. Reformatting and reinstalling from scratch did nothing to improve the speed.
I switched to a Macbook soon after and it is just as fast today as it was when I got it four years ago. I recently fired up that old T420 and popped an older, unused SSD into it. Instant game-changer. It is unbelievable how much faster it is with an SSD, the same speed it was with Windows 7 when I first got it.
Seriously, get an SSD.
- unphased 7y agoStill doesn't seem right. with an SSD it's only as fast as Windows 7 on a rotating HDD?
- jandrese 7y agoIt's no longer bottlenecked on the disk IO presumably.
- freehunter 7y agoHitting the Windows key on Windows 7 even with an HDD was instant. Hitting the Windows key on Windows 10 with an HDD tok seconds. Installing an SSD brought it back to being instant. Hard to get much faster than instant.
- dylan604 7y agoDoes it have anything to do with Win10 start menu want's to download an ad to show you?