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a little doubt about i5

Mar 11, 2015 11:14PM PDT

hi everyone, I need a new notebook and I'm thinking to buy the new XPS 13 with intel i5 5th generation, since I use it mostly to study, browsing and watch videos I thing that it would be good to me.. the only thing that scares me is if it will become old and slow in few years, I'd like to use it for at least 5 years, would you advice me to buy it ? thanks for your attention.

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Odd.
Mar 11, 2015 11:23PM PDT

But let's go with that. Right now my wife uses a dual core celeron 4GB RAM Asus xa200c that I swapped in a SSD that boots in under 15 seconds, returns from hibernate under 5 and from sleep in under 3 seconds.

Let's go with your claim. Are you going to expect more instant on and more performance than this in a few years to the point your i5 laptop would be considered too slow? Is 15 seconds intolerable?
Bob

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odd
Mar 11, 2015 11:38PM PDT

of course I don't consider 15 seconds slow.. indeed I was wondering if it will keep being so fast through the years..

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If it does slow
Mar 11, 2015 11:44PM PDT

Restoring it to the factory condition will return it to same speed. I don't experience the slowdown folk often do. But I don't keep programs installed I don't use and use Grif's advice about scanning for malware.
Bob

PS. If this model supports SSD and you don't get that now, you can always do that later for a speed boost.

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maybe I wasn't clear
Mar 12, 2015 12:10AM PDT

it has already an SSD of 256 gb, but maybe I wasn't clear in question, for example my actual notebook ( it is 6 years old ) has an intel core 2 duo and simply opening the browser it becomes overheated, will happens the same thing with the i5 in few years ( I know maybe to you this is a silly question, but I'm not too much expert of computers )

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Which is why we have restore systems and for browsers...
Mar 12, 2015 12:17AM PDT

The common slow browser is usually easy to fix. I use this all the time:
https://www.google.com/#q=slow+firefox+reset

I used my wife's fairly new dual core celeron as an example of speed on something much slower than what you have. Maybe all your old laptop needs is a 99 buck SSD?

Example: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ssd+240gb+sata+iii&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=6228373887&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6398760539043731018&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_1t6xfnzq2y_b

As to overheating, your everyday laptop owner often didn't use the canned air every month or 2. Did you? Will you start now?
Bob

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ok thanks
Mar 12, 2015 12:27AM PDT

I clean the fan every 3 months, and I don't think that waste other money on this pc would be a great idea.. anyway considering what you said before I suppose that I can use this i5 processor for 5-6 yeas without any problem..
thanks for help.

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With care, yes.
Mar 12, 2015 3:01AM PDT

You skipped the value Inspiron model and the XPS was noted by CNET at http://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-13-non-touch-2015/ with many positives.

Even I would pop for that if my current machine wasn't doing so well.

As to your current machine it may have the old heatsink lift off issue. I find that sometimes the heatsink compound dries and cracks or a corner of the heatsink has lifted off. If I find that, the new compound and buttoning down the HSF along with the usual deep cleaning brings back the machine.
Bob