MY laptop is two years old and im noticing its chugging when running icq, photoshop, firefox and msn messager.
I cant even play a dvd with nothing else running with out it crapping out or being really choppy.
Here are the specs to the laptop in question
I did a defrage, i have spybot search and destroy and adware. It doesn't seem to do the trick.
Is it the age of the laptop and is 1 gig of ram no enuff these days?
Does removing a bunch of lesser used programs help?
does having a desktop full of files slow it down?
Is it worth taking it in to a pro?
Any tips an ideas would help!