Why do PCs get slower when nothing changes?

LeeUK

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How come you buy/build a PC with all the current hardware and it speeds along happily. Six years down the line it ends up all bloated and sluggish when nothing has changed, same software, same web browser, nothing else. CCleaner, etc, ran regularly but just goes slow again after a day.

Is it some conspiracy theory to make you get a new machine with the current up to date tech, just for the same thing to happen again a few years down the line...?
 
Why do you get slower as you get older?

Software changes under the hood even if you don't notice it. Just because it looks the same doesn't mean it's still as efficient.
 
Mynight said:
Why do you get slower as you get older?

Software changes under the hood even if you don't notice it. Just because it looks the same doesn't mean it's still as efficient.
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Pretty much it.

Windows gets patched to improve things, and fix things, various other software does the same and to add functionality, even small apps start to assume you're using better hardware than was the norm back when it was released and thus do more.

Even just with web browsers the programmes have changed a lot even if they don't appear to have done so from the point where you're using (not to mention web pages being created that assume you've got more resources, so can handle more complex pages with larger assets such as images and video files).
 
Same with phones as well. When I first buy one, I download all the apps I'll ever use and that is it. Nothing else gets put on there, pics are saved to cloud, etc. All is fast and snappy, but then a year down the line I end up wanting to throw it at a wall because it's gone so frustratingly slow and laggy.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
Same with phones as well. When I first buy one, I download all the apps I'll ever use and that is it. Nothing else gets put on there, pics are saved to cloud, etc. All is fast and snappy, but then a year down the line I end up wanting to throw it at a wall because it's gone so frustratingly slow and laggy.
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That wouldn't overly surprise me if the software was intentionally bloated to slow down mobiles. The controllers of the software have vested interest in you replacing your hardware as they'll get a cut or all of the sale.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
Same with phones as well. When I first buy one, I download all the apps I'll ever use and that is it. Nothing else gets put on there, pics are saved to cloud, etc. All is fast and snappy, but then a year down the line I end up wanting to throw it at a wall because it's gone so frustratingly slow and laggy.
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This is the same with my iPhone 4 I've had since 2011.
 
Here's a question: Why did my old Asus UL30 running Windows 7 suddenly get the BSOD when I tried using it last month after not being used for 13 months? It ran perfectly last summer.
 
Monkeynut said:
RAM's gone faulty maybe?
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Mynight said:
Borked update. Dodgy psu. Dust build up?
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Ah, makes sense.

Thankfully its replacement, my N550JK, fixed itself so I don't need to use it.
The N550JK didn't want to turn on for a week. Had it on or in sleep mode continuously for 2 weeks and it fixed itself. Funny things, computers..
And of course it broke 1 months out of warranty.
 
Skeeter said:
Your definition of speedy changes.
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From windows 7 onwards, i think this is the case.
Previously it became bloated over time, this isnt so much the case anymore, i think we become inpatient.
Reinstall your win7, and you will think life flies once again, or move to tn, then do a completely fresh install, then life will be rosy.
 
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