Hey, this is my first post. I used to be able to play Minecraft just fine up until a couple months ago. I had to hard reset my PC and MC hasn't worked since. I was kinda wondering because it's kinda strange. Even when I download Optifine it still lags immeasurably. I just was looking around for help, but I can't seem to find anything. Thx for the help! I also tried putting all my settings to the lowest but I'm still getting just as much lag.
Honestly, I don't even know my specs, I know how to check but I can't right now. I'm running the 1.8.9 version but none of the versions seem to be working either.
Nowadays you need a full fledged gaming PC to even touch Minecraft... Nah, joking. You don't need anything decent, a laptop would do. I'd try lower your render distance.