Its really my fault.  I should not have purchased a laptop with only 8GB of memory.  I knew it would be a problem.  I have both Norton AV and Malwarebytes on it, like I do on all my systems, and that helps slow it down.  Editing with Word is okay, but opening browsers and windows can have a lot of lag time.  I was hoping for something inexpensive that would allow basic web use and the occasional zoom.  So if you aren't as concerned as I am with security, it will probably be a better performer, but I am not that person. The ram is not upgradable so stuck with the 8GB.  If it had 16GB, would probably be okay for me.  I am going to go replace this with something more traditional 16-32GB and a much better cpu, even though I'll need to drop  2x-3x to get it.