Windows 10: Upgrading Laptop

Hello there, I have been doing all that I can to upgrade and improve the performance of my old ASUS X501A laptop, including upping from windows 8.1 to 10, maxing out the RAM from 4GB to 8GB and finally, replacing the 500GB HDD to a 1TB SSD. I followed all the tutorials I could find about cloning my old system to the new drive and hopefully booting right up into my familiar Windows environment.So, while performing the cloning of my old drive, Acronis encountered some problems reading certain sectors of the disk so I selected ignore and skip all and eventually I reached the end with the message

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Best laptop under $800??

Well the last one I suggested seems to be the best for 650$

EDIT: to facilitate your search...

Laptop GFX benchmark list

Laptop CPU Benchmark list

 

No more touchpad for my laptop since upgrading to Windows 10

Hi Derek,

I would suggest the following steps :

• Press Windows + X
• Click on Device Manager
• Right click on TouchPad drivers in the list.
• Choose Upgrade Drivers
• Reboot computer

Check if this helped to fix the issue.

 

Core 2 Duo for laptop CQ40-314TU

I have found something about CPU Upgrade on the Intel's Website, the manufacturer of my laptop's chipset (GM45 Chipset). Currently, the CPU which this laptop is using (Dual Core T3400) is NOT in this list: http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=35509
The laptop's chipset also support Core 2 Extreme Technology, which I think the latest CPU Technology.
I have another laptop called Acer Aspire 5572ANWXMi that is using the chipset 945GM which support the T7600 (like you suggested) and it is in this list: http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=22816