Why do computers start to slow down over time?
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>ELI5: Why do computers start to slow down over time?
They do not. The only things that constantly change are the **software’s demands** and the **user’s expectation**.
If you still have an old XP machine from 2004 standing in your basement, untouched for 18 years, then it will still function the same way it did all that time ago (technical failure like corrosion notwithstanding).
You may no longer be *used* to waiting minutes for the booting process to be finished but that’s just how long it has always taken if you were using an HDD. And if you try to run modern software on the device you will also be disappointed, because it has been created with more modern systems in mind.
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