How good is this laptop in terms of speed and multitasking? Powerful enough to run 4 different programs at once?

It's likely the battery is dead. Try this: Remove battery from laptop. Plug in power cable.

Turn on laptop. Usually it will come on and message about a battery missing. If you get no response then it's likely you've a faulty RAM chip or the system needs cleaned.

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