Windows 10: Got a New Laptop, Needing Expert Advice.

It depends on how you treat them. The good thing about Windows 10 is that you practically create your USB to reinstall the OS and you get it back as it was new. Not to mention it can recover itself without instalation media most of the times.

Another thing I'm thankful is that this model came with very little bloatware (I just really uninstalled 3 things, including McAffee, that sucks hard as an AV, the rest is useful in fact). Also, you have to mind the fact that, as tech advances, some programs, like browsers, tend to be heavier, or need features some systems may lack (as SSE2 for FF, or a VGA cappable of doing hardware acceleration without stuttering).

In my case, the stuff I do with Photoshop started to be very demanding and resource taking, my poor old Acer Aspire 4535 was suffering with that a lot, and using the swap file like crazy in some works. Hopefully, it served me well for around 5-6 years! It was just matter of upgrading some drivers from stock, like the VGA and sound card (That improved performance in many stuff).

Normaly, with good maintenance and upgrading drivers when they are needed, you expand the lifespan of your devices way more than the intended time.

Anyhow, yeah, I was lucky... I was afraid they would say the thing was OK and that it was intended to work that way. I'm thankful of that honestly *Wink