Dying Laptop- Repair or Recycle? HP14-b109wm

[meierlde]

The specs I see on that laptop is 1.4 GHz Celeron with 4GB memory and 5400 RPM disk. I wouldn't put any money in to it. Just get rid of it.

If you are determined to use it, add the additional 4GB memory to the open slot (8GB max), and put a SSD in it. However, by the time you add these, for the money you could be well on your way to a newer/better laptop.

You're very likely experiencing the sluggishness and unresponsiveness because of the CPU/memory/disk configuration.

Note that support for windows 10 ends in oct 2025, at which point unless you go to linux,the system will not get updates. Now of course it is possible to use hacks posted on youtube to get around windows 11 restrictions but it is not clear that it is a good idea. (Or since you have a chromebook, install the cloudready version of the cromebook software and have a second one.