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Anyone who mentions this at the mere mention of Celeron knows nothing about optimising a system to work FAST by getting rid of Windows bloatware/spyware & third-party bloatware/spyware. Probably also knows little about the typical bottlenecks in an off-the-shelf budget laptop too. Hint: it's not the processor. Unless you are using processor-intensive tasks all day long, it's definitely not the processor.
Happily using a Celeron N2830 here, in use for about 2 years…with no excessive fan noise from laptop, unlike 'better' processors in laptops that cause the fan to constantly turn on and off while being used in a cool room. Zero speed issues. Spinning platter hard drive. Ad-blocker installed. Silly Windows Update completely disabled. Silly Services completely disabled. Runs like the wind. Can easily do this with 2GB ram. Can multitask well. Can have heaps of tabs open just fine.
downvote, ignoramus…it's easier to do than discuss the harsh truth: the processor is rarely the bottleneck for 99.9% of typical users. Bloated software can bring any machine to its knees. So can silly NSA-endorsed 'security' updates, designed primarily to shorten upgrade cycles by bloating up your PC. May the sheep be fleeced.
yes you can do that, but you will have to do it so often it negates the point of buying cheap and additional time spent on the life of the laptop on going through all that.
also you could never achieve any decent speed with just spinning drive these days unless youre running it on XP
also you could never achieve any decent speed with just spinning drive these days unless youre running it on XP
You can do it all in 2 hours. Yes, it can be done. And it is done by people who know. Any machine can and does benefit from disabling unneded services and uninstalling bundled crapware - low-end to high-end. 4GB of ram is plenty unless you have specialist needs running multiple VMs or huge apps.
The processor is rarely fully utilised in typical usage. Even then, only in spurts. This machine is fine for 99.9% of typical users, by my estimate. Processor is never a noticeable bottleneck in typical usage.
yes correct, in an ideal world, if you're running no apps, and you know absolute every process string of windows running in the back and their purpose so you wont break anything when you turn them off
ive been through all that tinkering, the issues that arrive from disabling all that crap and ton of problems and incompatbility arise, unless youre running next to no applications.
i agree processor is not the issue WHEN YOUR SOFTWARE RUNS NEAR PERFECT LOOK AT iOS! you cant do that shit on windows, you need raw computing power to overcome it and if you try to run it lean and mean theres too many issues.
ive been through all that tinkering, the issues that arrive from disabling all that crap and ton of problems and incompatbility arise, unless youre running next to no applications.
2 or 3 services can be disabled. You can simply do that to help get Windows Update services dead (among others). That is the first thing. Disabling/uninstalling unnneded "Start Screen" tiles. Second. 2 things almost any muppet can do without any consequences. No need to go hardcore.
Makes a world of difference. Then go to town on those undesirable apps (including Windows natives). Sure, some might not know. Some might. But the point is: the hardware is fine. Once you know, it can be done easily and quickly (under 1 hour). The software is the problem these days. And it's not about not using any software or really going bare-bones, it's about targeting those things constantly polling the web and constantly using CPU cycles when the typical Muppet never uses them nor wants to bother using them.
Any machine can benefit from this: low-end to high-end. A low-end machine happens to just not cost a lot and we always see so-called enthusiasts making smart-arse comments about Celerons, acting like they know something. They don't.
disabling couple of services on these cheap dual cores are not going to make a world of difference, you'll need significant culling of the OS to get decent speed back, think of those windows lite versions years ago.
problem when you disable windows update and along with the hole patches they bring you're leaving the OS vulnerable down the track, it may work sweet in short term tho, then you need additional 3rd party antivirus/firewall to overcome those, its then a never ending process of maintaining the system to keep up because you have no windows update.
with recent windows 10 it's gotten too complex to do and time needed to spent optimising, breaking/fixing, many windows 10 components have interdependencies, break 1 thing and you may break 10 things.
all these effort you may as well run a different OS all together.
disabling couple of services on these cheap dual cores are not going to make a world of difference, you'll need significant culling of the OS to get decent speed back, think of those windows lite versions years ago.
It's not the only thing you do. And yes, it works.
problem when you disable windows update and along with the hole patches they bring you're leaving the OS vulnerable down the track, it may work sweet in short term tho, then you need additional 3rd party antivirus/firewall to overcome those, its then a never ending process of maintaining the system to keep up because you have no windows update.
So goes the propaganda. The reality is different. I see no increased security from up-to-date Windows systems…in fact all the borked machines I see are up-to-date, Windows-wise. Trusting an decades-long NSA collaborator with updates is like handing over your kids to the local mafia boss. Background Intelligent Transfer Service and Windows Time are 2 services I disable immediately. Windows Update is disabled immediately. If I need an update for something to run, I advise people to get it. All-You-Can-Eat-Updates is a policy I can never approve of. And will never approve of. And people wonder why their machines are getting slower. Wonder no more. It's that and the increasingly bloated net-centric apps that continually ask you to update…or worse, update themselves without your consent.
with recent windows 10 it's gotten too complex to do and time needed to spent optimising, breaking/fixing
Windows 10 isn't too different to 7 and 8, and once again you assume breakage. You are only breaking things if you don't know what you are doing. Simple things can make the computer run so much better. And you can do amazing things on the cheapest hardware today. Both Android and Windows.
all these effort you may as well run a different OS all together.
If you need Windows and Windows apps, you can make them run extremely well on low-end hardware. If you haven't seen it, you haven't been doing it right.
Or you can pay $300ish for the Dell w/ Quadcore Pentium & SSD.
This laptop should be $200 before it is listed as a deal.
Concurring with the above, the extras are garbage and the system is a $200 Officeworks special at the very best
I should check up better! a little embarrassed… new to this ozbargains thing. go gentle! hah
I did find the value of everything including the free national freight (1-2 delivery days) was pretty decent when taking into consideration getting all the items in one place rather than freighting goods from numerous suppliers. But certainly it's not $200 Officeworks cheap like you'd suggest.
Sorry guys! :) I'll try better next time! :D
I would note that the Celeron machine, while definitely not the cream of the crop, it's pretty decent if you purchase and install an SSD drive to upgrade it. :) The major limitation to ANY of the cheaper end notebook options is the HDD performance. Generally they're fitted with a 5400RPM hdd, and when you swap that out for a much faster performing SSD you're removing the bottleneck.
Wow…
Hey this looks like a goo-
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