Laptop struggles with even trivial tasks (Thermal issues?)

Close Firefox, close task manager. Close everything that you can find an Exit / Quit button on, except HWInfo64 and those in the system tray that can’t be closed.

Let’s get to that first baseline, power consumption at idle. By closing apps / processes that are not required.

Also, I see that Windows Update is running? Let that do its thing…till its done.

For reference / comparison, here’s my unit at 5minute idle: