Posts Tagged ‘experiment’

Performance Check: How 200 New Programs Slow Down Your PC (Part 3)

April 7th, 2010 written by Christoph in Windows Insights

Remember the disaster that occurred after we installed 200 programs on a notebook? Our PC became so slow and was essentially unusable. The TuneUp Blog team then uninstalled all of the programs and compared the machine’s current performance to its original state. The results? Performance significantly improved, however, it was still not at the optimum [...]

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“200 Programs” Revisited: Performance and Stability Update

March 9th, 2010 written by Christoph in Windows Insights

This just in! The TuneUp Blog team has a very special update regarding our “200 programs” blog post series. Over the last couple of weeks, we have discussed the fact that installing too many programs will destroy the performance of your computer. Check out our two original blog posts and see for yourself: In Part [...]

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Performance Check: How 200 New Programs Slow Down Your PC (Part 2)

February 24th, 2010 written by Christoph in Windows Insights

Too many programs will slow down your computer to an absolute crawl. The TuneUp Blog team proved this theory, with a PC performance check that involved installing 200 new programs. The end result: The computer was basically unusable following the test. The experiment also left the TuneUp Blog team and our readers with more questions. [...]

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Performance Check: How 200 New Programs Slow Down Your PC

January 27th, 2010 written by Christoph in Windows Insights

It’s a proven fact: The more programs you install on your computer, the slower it will eventually become. Let’s revisit this almost two decade-old position in 2010 and see if it still holds true for today’s machines and the modern operating system Windows 7.

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