My current Dell Inspiron was purchased in 2009. I am a huge believer in that if I spent a good deal of money on something, it better damn well last. This computer still have Windows 7 and currently have no plans to upgrade the OS.
The machine has had its issues over the years. The first Dell I bought for myself in 2001 would lock up so much that it was pretty much stinking worthless. Tech support was basically no support. In 2006, I bought a Toshiba laptop while I was taking a course at UTD. Man - that machine was da bomb! It rarely had an issue and never skipped a beat. However, I went back to Dell and got this laptop.
Over the years, the laptop has developed a similar tendency, but not with the frequency, of locking up over nothing. Some times, I have to reboot the laptop about 3 to 4 times for the performance to get better.
As of late, I have noticed that my internet connectivity is really sucking - BAD. Right now, I have two Firefox tabs opened and they have been spinning away to access their perspective sites for the past 5 to 10 minutes. I am more than annoyed.
This has been going on for the past week. A couple of months ago, I increased the internet speed, so I find this behavior very unacceptable. I have rebooted the laptop several times. I tried downloading software that was supposed to speed up the internet speed - that was a no go.
I am almost ready to find the portable drive, do a back up, crater the laptop of everything on it, then start fresh. I feel that the issue is something within the system itself since the problem is accessing the internet. Of course, what good is a computer if you cannot access the internet.
The other thing I am going to do is see how well my iPad and MacBook Pro are responding. I feel that my iPhone and iPod Touch are seeing issues with internet access as well. I know my speed test showed that I was not getting the 200 Mb download speeds I was promised. Therefore, it is time to figure out what the issue is.
Man - I am so annoyed.
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