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TannerOakridge
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Mar 31, 2025

My new laptop is running slow!

I bought an ASUS Vivobook 14 two months ago with an i5-1335U processor and 16GB of RAM. I installed Windows 11 Pro on it, but it feels constantly sluggish.

Whenever I check Task Manager, it shows my CPU and memory usage hitting 80% or more. Even simple tasks like using Chrome with Facebook, Spotify, and CNN News open seem to spike system usage to 97%, with Chrome alone taking 33%.

This doesn't seem normal for a new computer, and I'm worried something's wrong with how it's working.

Is this slow performance typical?

Can you suggest any ways to improve my computer's efficiency? I've attached some screenshots of my Task Manager usage from the past few days for reference.

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    BeckettPhoenix
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 31, 2025

    Run a virus scan with defender and check if there were malicious app out there.

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