Handy tricks to make your old laptop run like new

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Laptops are great then they are new and everything runs smoothly, but if you don't maintain it, it can get sluggish really quickly over time. If you're wondering what to do with your old laptop that's lying unused, here are some tricks you can try to bring your ageing machine up to speed. While these tips won't guarantee that it will perform as good as a modern laptop, at least it should be more usable for basic tasks like web browsing or streaming videos. There's no way to make up for the lack of processing power of an older laptop versus a new one, but swapping out a few components for better ones and some tinkering with software can make all the difference.

The first thing you'll want to do is start identifying and deleting programs that you almost never use, and any large files that you don't need any more. If your laptop still has trial versions of apps like an antivirus or video editing apps, those trial periods have most likely expired long ago and are simply dead weight programs. Head to Add/Remove programs in Windows and start uninstalling them. If you have a Mac, head to the Applications folder and begin deleting the apps you don't need. Removing these programs can take a while, especially bloated antivirus programs, so be patient.

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Large files take up a lot of space on your hard drive, and can cause sluggish behaviour. If you're running low on space, it can prevent Windows from installing critical updates. For Windows software, remember to always ‘uninstall' it and never simply delete the program's folder. This is because an application might save portions of the program in various places, and removing all of them at one go is simplest when you uninstall it. Large files on the other hand can be videos, old photo albums, or miscellaneous files. You can move the ones you want to save but don't need everyday, to the cloud in order to save local storage space.

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