DesignTechnica has posted a new article: "Don't Throw That Old Computer Away"

With the holidays over, many of you may be sitting at home reading our Website on a new computer. With a new system, web pages load so much quicker, CDs burn faster and games play smoother.

Your old computer may seem like its only use is as a boat anchor now and you're ready to throw it to the curb. The truth is, while your old computer might not be able to play the latest games or be fast enough for your daily tasks, it still is quite useful.

Besides having slower and older components, most old computers seem so much slower because of all of the junk that has accumulated on the hard drive.

If you've had a computer for several years, no doubt you've installed and uninstalled many applications and written, copied, moved and deleted many files. A clean install of an operating system will bring that computer back to life. Once you've copied your documents and data over to your new computer, wipe that hard drive clean and install a new operating system.

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