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08-25-2021 09:10 PM
I just bought this HP 15.6 Pentium-Scarlet Red Laptop 2 mths ago & since the 1st time I used it, it is extremely slow. It’s slow like my old laptop was after using it a lot for 6 yrs. I have only used it 4-6 times b/c of this reason. Did I buy a bad one or do all of them have this issue?
08-25-2021 10:18 PM
Is this the following machine ?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-15-6-Pentium-4GB-128GB-Laptop-Scarlet-Red/363405465
Its specs
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06620364
How much did you pay for your old machine ? And what do you expect from a under $300 machine? One thing you can do to get it runs a bit better: upgrade RAM. It only has 1 slot of RAM and supports 8GB max. You can replace with
https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct8g4sfs824a/ct18485527
Regards.
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