I just ordered a NEW Lenovo G40 laptop with 8GB of RAM DDR3, and Intel Core i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz. It is acting very strange. The fan is always running. MUCH louder than my previous 5-year-old Dell laptop. It is especially annoying because when I even do something so simple as open a new tab in Chrome, the CPU usage shoots up to 75% and the fan gets louder. The memory usage is constantly at high levels (right now its at 67%). I would have expected that this thing (with i7 and 8GB of RAM) would have no issues like this -- ironically, the performance in use doesn't seem to be of any issue, i.e. I can run programs fine and they seem fast.. it's just that it acts and sounds like its being overworked like a whiny son of a ...
I feel like there is a setting somewhere that can solve these problems. Do you know how I can fix this? Your expertise will be GREATLY appreciated, and my heart and lungs will thank you for some more years on my life.