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Old 09-12-2010, 09:16 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by qwikz28 View Post
It's a Dell Vostro 200. Is it possible that the inners are just wore out? Like, does a computer just get tired after a while?
Can you post the Service tag?

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Originally Posted by Iroc-z86 View Post
dell for some reason just gets slow after a while. my brothers 2ghz p4 is slower than my p3 1ghz which was home built. i guess it comes to the money you want to spend. as far as i know dells really arent that upgradable. I think you can put more ram in there but thats it i think.
The hardware itself won't slow down - the issue that the OP and your brother are likely seeing is software related. But both computers are relatively slow by today's standards, and would likely benefit from a hardware upgrade. And while Dell often uses proprietary components, there is usually a fair amount of upgrades that can be done to make improvements.

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