life span of a laptop?

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Normally, what's the lifespan of a laptop? Mine works slower this time, but only 1yr old. Everything was updated. Anyone can suggest what to check on my laptop?
 
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My Laptop is about 7 years old now. I use it only for watching movies while restinh on bed. For work, I prefer only desktop now.
 
Go to Control Panel and uninstall everything you don't need

Install Malwarebytes and run it

Download Hitman Pro and run it

Search "Disk Cleanup" in Windows search and run it

Install CCleaner and run it

Update your drivers from the manufacturer's website

Right-click the taskbar (bottom bar) on windows and click "Task Manager" and then click "Startup". Disable anything you don't need.
 
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On average maybe 2-4 years. Depends how much heat you expose it to. Cooling pads will help increase the lifespan :)

Below picture is just an example, since I doubt that apple has such good failure rates :P

consumer-reports-notebook-failure-rates-100631728-large.idge.jpg
 
Rachel.online said:
Normally, what's the lifespan of a laptop? Mine works slower this time, but only 1yr old. Everything was updated. Anyone can suggest what to check on my laptop?
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Usually, that's becuase HDDs gets slower over time and as you fill them more, they will run even slower. Uninstall unimportant programs, remove too many desktop icons, and clean the clutter.

Moreover, Upgrade to an SSD and you are good for 3-5 years :)
 
Henry Cooper said:
On average maybe 2-4 years. Depends how much heat you expose it to. Cooling pads will help increase the lifespan :)

Below picture is just an example, since I doubt that apple has such good failure rates :p

consumer-reports-notebook-failure-rates-100631728-large.idge.jpg
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Never used a cooling pad before but does it also depend on laptop model being used?

Like I have this ASUS lappy from 2012 and I would like to use a cooling pad but will it work with just about any cooling pad out there?
 
SimpleSiteSolutions said:
Go to Control Panel and uninstall everything you don't need
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Quantity of free disk space is generally not the main bottleneck for older computers that have started to slow down.

Very broadly, there are two common issues that people run into with old computers:
  • Running out of RAM
  • Having insufficient CPU/processing power
Easiest way to check these is to open a window of System Monitor / Task Manager / whatever monitoring panel your OS uses and open the tab that shows graphs for RAM, CPU, and other system resource usage. When your computer starts to lag, look at the graph.
  • If you're experiencing performance issues when RAM is capped out, then your computer can't handle the quantity of programs that are open. This can potentially be fixed by adding more RAM to your computer, if your motherboard supports it. Or close some fucking Chrome tabs.
  • If your CPU threads are capping out, the individual tasks/applications that you're trying to run are probably too strenuous for your computer. It's difficult to solve for this without upgrading to a new machine.
The more common of the two issues tends to be lack of RAM. And the biggest reason why it ends up being a problem is because people generally don't monitor how much RAM they are using and/or don't know how to monitor RAM usage.
 
Henry Cooper said:
On average maybe 2-4 years. Depends how much heat you expose it to. Cooling pads will help increase the lifespan :)

Below picture is just an example, since I doubt that apple has such good failure rates :p

consumer-reports-notebook-failure-rates-100631728-large.idge.jpg
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Well, I am using Macbook air for 4 years now.. not a single issue till now. ( i hardly shut it down ) . work is always heavy on it.
my brother owns a MacBook Pro 2010 model.. still works perfect without any issues
 
MatthewGraham said:
Quantity of free disk space is generally not the main bottleneck for older computers that have started to slow down.

Very broadly, there are two common issues that people run into with old computers:
  • Running out of RAM
  • Having insufficient CPU/processing power
Easiest way to check these is to open a window of System Monitor / Task Manager / whatever monitoring panel your OS uses and open the tab that shows graphs for RAM, CPU, and other system resource usage. When your computer starts to lag, look at the graph.
  • If you're experiencing performance issues when RAM is capped out, then your computer can't handle the quantity of programs that are open. This can potentially be fixed by adding more RAM to your computer, if your motherboard supports it. Or close some fucking Chrome tabs.
  • If your CPU threads are capping out, the individual tasks/applications that you're trying to run are probably too strenuous for your computer. It's difficult to solve for this without upgrading to a new machine.
The more common of the two issues tends to be lack of RAM. And the biggest reason why it ends up being a problem is because people generally don't monitor how much RAM they are using and/or don't know how to monitor RAM usage.
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So , the RAM deteriorates with time ?
 
krishnaverma said:
So , the RAM deteriorates with time ?
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It doesn't deteriorate, but it can seem like it does. Newer applications (including newer websites) tend to use more and more RAM as time goes on. 8GB of RAM is still the same volume of RAM, but newer applications may use more RAM and make that volume seem smaller.

In 2018, would say that:
  • 8 GB of RAM is on the mid to lower end
  • 16 GB is a fairly solid/standard quantity
  • 32 GB is common in higher end workstations
  • 64 GB / 128 GB+ is generally reserved for very high end workstations or servers
There are also other factors like RAM clock speed and whether you're using DDR3, DDR4, etc.
 
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