Why does hardware get slower with time?

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Published on 2009-10-14T11:12:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 8:41 UTC
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Why does hardware get slower with time? I have been a PC owner since 1990 and every computer I have had in my life became really, really slow after 3-4 years (even with a full system-reinstall). It is the case with Windows PCs. It is also the case with Apple Hardware. Why is this happening? Can this be avoided?

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