TheBoost said:

NECROPOST!

So, I gots me a new laptop, with that cursed Windows 8.

It runs like a charm, streams video well, but for some reason Flash games (specifically Avengers Alliance on Facebook, my lil boys favorite) run rather slow and choppy. Everything else I do goes just fine.

Any thoughts why this would be so?

What are the specs? RAM? CPU? GPU?

Likely one of those. Unless it runs other system-intensive things without problems. OS isn't really a factor here (except newer versions of Windows do use more RAM than past).

Anchorhead makes very good points about staying malware free with the exception of religious sites. Those can be loaded with malware to the point that porn sites look like cleanrooms.