HI Kimberly,
I just tested Dream10 (slow) and it runs buttery smooth for me.
I hate to say it, but looking at your specs I’d almost assume it’s the computer. Laptops are generally not the best for Blender. The specs don’t mention a dedicated gpu, so I’m guessing it’s all through the cpu graphics? That’ll slow things down fast. Also 16GB RAM is not a whole lot for modern versions either.