I recently done a full install of Linux Mint on an old Lenovo Laptop, even with a new RAM Stick, taking it to 14GB of RAM it was still very sluggish running Windows. There was so much Windows and Lenovo bloatware it was wild. Ever since I installed Linux Mint the laptop has worked a dream - It’s like a whole new machine.
I did this same thing with a sony viao I had and Elementary. It was running into some serious performance issues running win 7 back when the OS was sunsetting for win 8. Brought it back to life and was able to use the thing for another 3 years until I was able to upgrade to a new laptop. Probably could have used it for many more years too.
I recently done a full install of Linux Mint on an old Lenovo Laptop, even with a new RAM Stick, taking it to 14GB of RAM it was still very sluggish running Windows. There was so much Windows and Lenovo bloatware it was wild. Ever since I installed Linux Mint the laptop has worked a dream - It’s like a whole new machine.
I just did this with a 2010 MacBook Pro (only 8gb of ram) and I can’t tell you how happy I am about it.
I did this same thing with a sony viao I had and Elementary. It was running into some serious performance issues running win 7 back when the OS was sunsetting for win 8. Brought it back to life and was able to use the thing for another 3 years until I was able to upgrade to a new laptop. Probably could have used it for many more years too.