I have this machine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009CQNPWS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I bought it back at the end of 2012 after having lived out two Dell XPS systems. I LOVE my Acer. The problem started when my hard drive died a week ago. I pulled everything off and reimaged it and started receiving errors immediately that the hard drive was bad. SO...I bought a new one. Only this one was 750GB, same speed, etc and it's a SATA. It was the only one I could find. I bought it here: http://www.laptoppartsexpert.com/i-20773459-acer-aspire-v5-571p-ms2361-hard-drive-replacement-9-5mm-1tb-serial-ata-3-0-5400rpm-hybrid-sshd.html?gclid=CjwKEAjw-IOwBRD1wrTC27fSjFISJABUDZ17qSPqZthtqNbujvlRp3akQVUc1FQOmD0nsZXhdUmMIBoCzyvw_wcB
Installation when flawlessly as did the Windows 8 installation and system drivers. The problem is now it takes me forever to do get anything done. Everytime I click on something or open a window (Windows Explorer, Microsoft, Chrome, etc) it takes forever to load. I already know the graphics card sucks on this machine and it's the reason I will never be able to upgrade it to Windows 10. I also know it's integrated which means I can't upgrade the card without essentially replacing the rest of the internals.
Does anyone have an idea on how I can upgrade without replacing the whole unit? Is it even worth it? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
