Do computer components slow down with time?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You poor, deluded man!

The people who complain about Vista never used it for any sufficently long time to be able to comment.

I used it in a dual boot system with XP. Vista after SP1 was perfectly fine especially on a reasonable desktop like what I have,and I tweaked it too. To this day I am not sure why people have to keep on egging on Vista -its almost like they dug themselves into hole about it.

The worst thing is that Windows 7 is basically late model Vista with better memory management,improved SSD support,better out of the box optimisation,other tweaks like less intrusive UAC and a couple of years hardware advancements,and vendor driver improvements. A lot of initial problems with Vista was since MS moved to a new driver model,which people like Nvidia did not follow to a tee,which caused problems,and that fact that many Intel IGPs were subpar for the OS anyway. The recommended minimum spec for Vista was too low.

When I moved over to Windows 7,it was an improvement,but honestly it was not as magical as people were saying.

[DanceswithUnix]

To this day I am not sure why people have to keep on egging on Vista -its almost like they dug themselves into hole about it.

Good job you didn't say something positive about Windows ME, that *really* gets people's backs up

[Chadders87]

I'd second (fourth?) the SSD. I'm looking to add 2 to my machine in a few weekends time. One for Steam, the other for the OS.

As for the fan getting clogged with dust, a good dust filter on the case and/or opting for a hybrid water cooler can make all the difference.

[Jonj1611]

Going back to the original question, I don't know if hardware "slows down" but I do now that when I have my overclocked Q6600 after about a year I had to increase the voltage to keep the overclock stable.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Good job you didn't say something positive about Windows ME, that *really* gets people's backs up

Well,the less said about ME the better!

[Bonebreaker777]

I had personally Win XP till Win 7, seeing Vista only on machines I was "servicing". All the improvements you mentioned in Vista vs 7 could alone contribute to the "magicality" in the 7. Will miss out Win 8 to take up Win 9 when it comes out.