Advice: How to speed up Macbook Air (2010)

Under Lion my 2010 (HDD) Macbook Air has been intolerably slow. It could take 10 minutes to start a program. When connecting to a projector, it could likewise take 10 minutes for it to resize windows during which it was unresponsive. I have been about to hurl it in the trashcan because this computer was just such an impediment to my work. But now I found the solution: don't run Safari. I had long suspected 2G ram combined with a slow HDD was the culprit. I tried to minimize the number of programs open, but let Safari run permanently. But it turns out Safari uses enormeous amounts of memory, and it has a tendency to just grow and grow its memory grab. Now, I quit Safari when I want to run other programs, and after this the computer is merely slow, not intollerably so. It is annoying to always have to quit Safari, but at least it makes the computer useful.
Any better suggestions than always quitting Safari?

The fact is that Mac OS X is good at of taking care of itself, if there are performance issues, there are a couple of things you can check:
Check your Login Items under System Preferences > Accounts to see what you have automatically launching.Also check /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Users/yourusername/Library/LaunchAgents/ for items launching at startup
Launch Activity Monitor and change "My Processes" at the top to "All Processes". Then see what may be consuming your OS X system resources.
Check the System Memory tab at the bottom of Activity Monitor to see if you have excessive "page outs", a sign that you may benefit from more RAM.
Check if you are running any poor Mac anti-virus programs as they may take large resources.
If you don't want to do these manually or the above checks still won't help, let the MacBook speed up tool http://www.speedupmacbook.com/ perform a health check of your Mac and fix relevant issues.
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Hi,
Problem
The performance of my Macbook Air 2010 has slowed to the point where I can hardly complete basic tasks. For comparison, I use a MacBook Air 2013 at work and do not experience the same performance issues, so I believe my expectations are not unreasonably high.
My Question
Can you please advise on what I can do to troubleshoot? I've tried the solutions listed below, all of which have failed.
I'm grateful for any help you can offer.
Problem Description
Switching contexts or tabs, operating within applications (such as Chrome, small Excel spreadsheets, navigating files), and browsing the Internet has become a slow, laggy and crash-filled experience.
When right-clicking an icon and selecting 'Open With', Finder frequently times out or requires time to populate a list of applications.
Machine is slow to the point where, unless a solution presents itself, I'll have to get a new MacBook Air.
What I've Tried
'Religiously' close all applications after use; extremely conscientious of number of applications running and their resource requirements.
Clean reinstall of OS X.
Storing all media on external hard drive to create more storage space.
Clearing cache for all browsers regularly
Always running machine on battery power
Regular reboots
Machine Specs:
MacBook Air 13-inch, Late 2010
OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2
Processor: 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Storage: 87GB free of 250GB

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    MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010) (Technical Specifications)
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    1 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
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Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
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System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 2 days 2:11:3
Disk Information: ℹ️
    APPLE SSD TS256C disk0 : (251 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Untitled (disk0s2) / : 250.14 GB (82.89 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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    1.30 GB    Inactive RAM
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