Not even 2 years ago, my aunt bought a cheap laptop because she felt she needed to learn how to use a computer since more and more interactions with government or other entities require it. She bought a laptop with 4GB of RAM, 500GB HD,...
“On my laptop, the memory usage is usually between 60-70% but the CPU isn’t usually very high – 10-15% depending on what is running.” This appears to be straining. If you could add ore RAM that would help. 10-15% is OK if something is actually running you want. If it i...