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Computer Optimization Basics

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">We are often under the impression that the performance of our computer would eventually degrade with age&period; However&comma; we should dispel this myth by considering one simple fact that our computers are based on digital&comma; solid-state technology&period; Unlike mechanical things&comma; age doesn’t affect the performance of these electronics components&period; Slowdowns could actually be caused by improper uses and lack of regular maintenance sessions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Computer processors&comma; motherboard&comma; RAM and power supply are based on solid-state components&comma; which are plugged or soldered into specific spots&period; They don’t slow down after extended uses&comma; but would simply be disabled permanently if there are power surges or short circuits&period; Computers will have reduced longevity if they are placed in more extreme locations&comma; such as places with high temperature&comma; high humidity or seawater vapor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Data storage is actually the biggest culprit and it works like the file cabinet&period; It would be easy for us to find some files&comma; if it is nearly empty&period; However&comma; fully loaded file cabinet could cause make it longer and harder to find specific files&comma; especially if they are not properly organized&period; This also happens to our hard drive&period; We often store files at random places inside our hard drive&comma; such as mp3 and videos&period; Then we could remove some or much of these files&semi; causing holes in the data array&period; When we want to install new software&semi; files won’t be arranged contiguously and they could simply fill these holes&comma; causing random arrangements&period; Therefore&comma; one common way to optimize our storage is by performing the defragmentation&period; This will arrange files according to their efficient locations&period; As a result&comma; computers could read write faster&comma; making our software faster to load and run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So&comma; it is generally true that computers with large amount of files stored and software installed tend to be slower&period; The hard drive need to spin longer to find specific files of part of the files&period; Newer computer with fewer data on it could have their files located closed to the center of platter&comma; making it easier and faster for the hard drive to access needed data&comma; In this case&comma; the head of the hard drive only needs to transverse a fraction of distance needed&period; As more data is stored the head will need to travel longer&comma; making read and write operation take longer to accomplish&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Application creep is another cause of computer slowdowns and it is because we habitually add new things to our computer&period; This will cause increased demands on processor and RAM&period; We may have a bunch shareware and free-trial programs that we used only once and forget later&period; As an example&comma; people could install Adobe Reader to a PDF file&comma; something that they do very rarely&period; Unfortunately&comma; the software could run some piece of code in the background once the computer starts&period; This may be intended to make it faster to open PDF files later&comma; but this hidden function would consume some of our resources&period; In Windows&comma; we could check the Task Manager to see what threads that run in the background and we will likely more than a few software that run in the background&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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