Laptop takesforever to load webpages

[Towahn]

First, sorry if this is posted in the wrong place i wasnt sure.

I have an acer aspire 5253-BZ656
AMD Dual-Core Processor C-50
AMD Radeon HD 6250
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB HDD

The problem is that my laptop will not load webpages quickly, or even at all at times.
i have tried defraging clearing temp files, cookies ect most of the basics but nothing has helped i use chrome and check for updates often. I became frustrated and did the option to restore the laptop to its original factory settings thinking a clean start would help, i was wrong now i dont know what else to do.

 

[Shneiky]

That dual core processor is frankly, as powerful as an expensive smarphone. Running the OS is already taking much of its power. Try using Firefox, as Firefox is a lot easier on the hardware resources than Chrome.

Also: what OS are you running? Do you have an anti-virus? Few malwares or a virus can easily kill such a machine.

 

[Towahn]

I am running windows 7, and using AVG free

 

[Shneiky]

Sadly to say, Windows 7 and AVG is a quite heavy combination for a 1 GHz dual core laptop. If changing the browser to Firefox doesn't help, then the solution is most likely a new laptop. Wish I could be more helpful, but your hardware is outdated. Cheers and good luck.