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Originally Posted by Lasereth
I work in computer tech support.
1. Is your computer running slow? It's not because it's old or outdated. It simply needs to be reformatted which wipes out the PC and can be done with a Windows installation CD. Next time your 3-5 year old PC is running slow and you think it is simply too old and outdated, ask a computer person you know if they will reformat it for you and it will be running as fast as a $1,000 PC bought today.
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I'd like to counter that one. Engineering in Information Technology student here.
Reformatting a 3-5 year old computer will help at first because it's fresh and starting from a clean slate again, like it was when you got it, but that's because it doesn't have what was on it before the reformat. Once the user starts to reinstall the programs that they normally use, services are added and automatically start upon boot, as well as programs running in the background (ex: antivirus), which can slow down the computer once they are all piled up again. And also, programs nowadays eat up so much more memory, so unless the user is using all outdated programs from 2005 and such, things are going to be slow again for them in a short amount of time.