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Inspiron 11 3000 series is terribly slow and frustrating
Hi,
I bought this laptop just a week ago and I'm already fed up now.
It is too slow. I can't open 3 tabs at once.
Once I open a simple news site and then google and then another site, it becomes soooo slow and loads forever. Very frustrating. I have had to restart my system every 15 mins. This is the worst I have seen of DELL.
Please what should I do?
ejn63
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May 27th, 2015 05:00
If you're not happy, you can return the system for replacement within 21 days of shipment.
Remember - this is a very low-end system -- basically a glorified tablet. It's not capable of high performance in any sense of that term.
bunmi
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May 27th, 2015 05:00
Thanks Ejn63,
It's actually better now. At least for the past 7-8 hours that I tried their suggestion. I bombarded them with tweets and they responded that I should try the f8 reboot at startup.
I did so and I have been able to open 6, 7 tabs at once and work fast. Still cooperating with me. I so much love this laptop I couldn't believe it frustrated me at first.
Let's hope nothing changes.
Thanks
Shan Grillah
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November 13th, 2015 18:00
What a useless reply for your customers who have the same problem with DELL Inspiron 11 3000 Series! I have the same problem and see no solution here! Why does the computer not wake from sleep and require a manual shut down and repeated depressions of the on/off button to get it to start, and when it does it take ages to do so? This laptop is incredibly slow and I do not recommend anyone to buy it! And with this type of customer service - it appears you don't get much support after you buy it!
Biglegged
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June 22nd, 2017 15:00
What is the f8 reboot at start up? Can you point us to instructions? I, too, am having problems with the darn thing being so slow. Guess I am just used to a better computer. Also, it never indicates that is doing something--no lights flashing, or globes spinning.
GMMWicked
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November 17th, 2017 08:00
I'm in the same boat. It is a low end system but in todays world it should at least browse the internet without issue. But the laptop is so slow hat it is basically useless. I am looking for a solution.
ProphetSword
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November 17th, 2017 11:00
On systems with low end RAM, my first tweak is to always turn off the Superfetch service. This is a service in Windows that preloads commonly used programs into memory. This is a fine service when you have a lot of RAM, but when you have fewer resources, it will eat your memory and slow things to a crawl.
In order to turn it off, type "Services" into the search bar. Once the Services tab comes up, scroll down until you find "Superfetch." Right-click to stop the process. If things seem faster and you want to disable it, you can also right-click to go to properties and set the process to "Disabled."
Superfetch has been around since Windows Vista. Disabling it will not harm your system. I have been doing it for a decade.