Brand new laptop being slow

toshi

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If you are able to return this notebook to Argos, this is the best option, see the below comment by that
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I agree with fact that this CPU should not be sold with a brand new 2018 computer, however, but the CPU Intel Pentium N3710 may be not that bad as you think.

Recently I have upgraded a CPU (T9600 at less than 10 USD from China) for 9 years old HP Elitebook 8530p (used for my volunteer work with Windows7/LinuxMint). N3710 is more or less same performance with T9600. In my case, thanks to an SSD, my notebook is comfortable for general use.

Intel Pentium N3710 @ 1.60GHz : 1873
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+N3710+%40+1.60GHz

Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz : 1928
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+T9600+%40+2.80GHz&id=1012

As people said here, the most bottleneck is the hard disk, just replace a hard disk with an SSD, your mum should be happy with the performance. (Frankly she doesn't need a powerful CPU for general computing.)

Get an USB hard disk enclosure, (you can find a cheaper one as well)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orico-USB-3-0-Enclosure-2-5-External-SATA-Hard-Drive-HDD-SSD-Case-2139U3/263152806295

Crucial MX500 250GB SSD (5 year warranty) - This is the best cost/performance with 5 years warranty. Your notebook may be only with 1 year warranty, but you can get a full 5 years warranty for the SSD.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0764WCXCV

How to install an SSD - it is much easier than you might think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4dbNlXvO_0

Happy SSD computing

that

Sorry Toshi, but I do not like your post due to the op paying full price for a crud bit if kit, and you recommend to make do with their bad purchase and spend more money and upgrade which invalidates the warranty and it still leaves it with a slow cpu, only good for surfing apparently. You can't polish a turd, but you can pour glitter on it, or coat it with gloss paint .

If it was either old, or second hand, then I'd have no problem, but not a brand new sparkling bit of kit

pennypincher2013, just tale it back to Argos.

toshi

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Sorry Toshi, but I do not like your post due to the op paying full price for a crud bit if kit, and you recommend to make do with their bad purchase and spend more money and upgrade which invalidates the warranty and it still leaves it with a slow cpu, only good for surfing apparently. You can't polish a turd, but you can pour glitter on it, or coat it with gloss paint .

If it was either old, or second hand, then I'd have no problem, but not a brand new sparkling bit of kit

pennypincher2013, just tale it back to Argos.

Yes, I completely agree with you, if she can still still get a refund from Argos. but I simply assumed this was not the case.

Moreover I would even offer o pay up to 20 % "restocking penalty charge" to Argos if Argos refused to take it back. Then get a business class SSD refurbished notebook, this would be still better off.

The bottom Line: DON'T BUY ANY BRAND NEW HARD DISK COMPUTERS AT 2018.

Happy SSD computing

pennypincher2013

Thanks all. I think it's ok for my mother's use but if it were me, I'm glad to take everyones advice for possible future purchases.

esuhl

Yeah -- that processor is slow.


According to PassMark benchmarks, the CPU in my ten-year-old PC is three times more powerful.

AndyPix

Toshi LOVES his SSD's