Speed Up Your Old Computer with SpeedUpMyPC 2009

How many times a day do you hear people around you complaining about how slow their computers are? Worse yet, how often have you sat and stared at your monitor while drumming your fingers on the desk as you wonder why it’s suddenly taking your browser forever to load a web page that you’ve visited hundreds of times in the past?

What’s the best way to speed up a slow computer? With the current economic situation, no one wants to shell out the money for a new computer. Even if you can find a new computer at a reasonable price, it can be a pain to copy over all of your files and reinstall tons of applications. Fortunately, there are a number of other to extend the life of an older computer, such as installing software that can improve your PC's perfomance. Here’s where SpeedUpMyPC 2009 comes in.

This software application promises to scan your computer, clean up the junk, and then make adjustments to optimize your PC. Well, to be honest, a lot of products make that claim. So the real question that we want to look at here is, "How well does it work?"

I recently tested the software on my sluggish Windows XP desktop and on a laptop running Windows Vista which had a heavy dose of multimedia intensive applications, and I’m pretty impressed with the results. But, before I jump ahead too much, let’s start at the beginning.