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viatical08

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So I own 1 desktop and 2 laptops, all fairly old, and they all lag on Youtube while the video is buffering in HD. When it's done buffering it plays smoothly but anyway...I want a laptop just for basic use, not gaming.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...30-824^34-230-824-TS,34-230-873^34-230-873-TS

Let me know if that link works or not.

Would you pick the K55A or the U47A (disregard screen size)? And would you think either one would lag on youtube?
 
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johnb35

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If it does it on all machines then most likely its your internet connection. What speed are you paying for.

Go here and do a speedtest and post your results.

www.speedtest.net
 
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viatical08

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johnb35 said:
If it does it on all machines then most likely its your internet connection. What speed are you paying for.

Go here and do a speedtest and post your results.

www.speedtest.net
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Paying for "20-25" megs.

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I mean it buffers 1080p fast enough so that it doesn't stop playing, it just lags like hell until it's done buffering.
 
johnb35

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Have you tried resetting the modem/router?

You should have no problem with that speed. You have the latest flashplayer and java installed?
 
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viatical08

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When I go to my friend's house, he's got like 4-5 megs and his doesn't lag and mine still does. Do you think either of those laptops could give me the same problem? I mean mine is really old...1.6ghz dual core, g210m, 4 gb ram. I'm leaning towards the K55A.
 
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Before you go all crazy, have someone bring their laptop to your house and try viewing youtube to see what happens. I find it very uncommon for 3 different machines to have the same issue when viewing youtube. And you don't need that great of a system for youtube videos. A 1.6 ghz dual core should run youtube just fine. What operating systems are on these pc's? Have you tried updating video and lan/wireless drivers?
 
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viatical08

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johnb35 said:
Before you go all crazy, have someone bring their laptop to your house and try viewing youtube to see what happens. I find it very uncommon for 3 different machines to have the same issue when viewing youtube. And you don't need that great of a system for youtube videos. A 1.6 ghz dual core should run youtube just fine. What operating systems are on these pc's? Have you tried updating video and lan/wireless drivers?
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Yup. But how could it be a connection issue if it buffers fast enough to watch without a pause?
 
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All problems with youtube come from Adobe flash, they have so far never fixed there problem and probably never will..
 
johnb35

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Have you ran Ccleaner to delete all your old temp files and flash player files? You also may have a browser addon causing the issue.
 
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viatical08

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johnb35 said:
Have you ran Ccleaner to delete all your old temp files and flash player files? You also may have a browser addon causing the issue.
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Yup. And all I have is Ad Block Plus, tried disabling it, didn't help. I would have felt so dumb if ABP was causing it haha. Also tried using Opera, no help.
 
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johnb35

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Have you tried in different browsers, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Pale Moon? There has to be some underlying issue here. Can you do a fresh install of windows on one for your machines to see if youtube acts correctly? I would rather do that then spend money on something you don't need right now.
 
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johnb35 said:
Have you tried in different browsers, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Pale Moon? There has to be some underlying issue here. Can you do a fresh install of windows on one for your machines to see if youtube acts correctly? I would rather do that then spend money on something you don't need right now.
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No I don't have one of those discs.
 
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If these are store bought pc's then they should have a recovery partition that you can boot into it and restore the pc.

What operating systems are these pc's? Just curious.
 
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johnb35 said:
If these are store bought pc's then they should have a recovery partition that you can boot into it and restore the pc.

What operating systems are these pc's? Just curious.
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Well actually only one of them is mine. The 1.6 ghz laptop. The charger just broke this morning and I messed up the battery when I didn't know anything about computers so it only holds like a 30 min charge. It's W7. Yeah I bought a recovery thing for it. I don't know what I did with it after I used it. Are they reusable? Best buy probably jacked the one that came with it.

I'm on a desktop now. It's about 6 years old. 2ghz dual core, 3gb, radeon x1300. Windows vista.

And the other one is a laptop, windows 7. One of those $200 asus netbooks. I think 1.1ghz, 1gb. That thing lags on everything though.
 
johnb35

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I can see the netbook lagging a little but not the other 2. Don't know what to tell you.
 
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