Lots of people think that updates aren’t really that important. In the past, updating a program often involved implementing small features or fixes that, most of the time, didn’t seem worth the bother. While this may still be true for some applications, there’s no doubt that updates are crucial for much of the software running on your computer. Programs need updates not only to fix problems and install new features, but also to speed up overall performance.
Updates are great but I doubt they speed up your computer much. Most are security patches which does not translate into improving the application. Only making it more secure. Now new versions might help or it may make your older PC run slower as it might add features that are really designed for more recent PC's. I found that Adobe Flash had that effect on a older Macbook. Most PC's I have worked on are slow because people have too much stuff running in the background. To add to that is applications that are poor resource users and tend to hog memory and not give it back. Firefox is a example of a memory hog. Safari used to be but most web browsers have their problems with memory use. My advice is to check out how many processes you are running. Find programs that automatically start and if you don't use them very often. Make sure to set them so they don't run on start up. You will find your computer will gain a lot of speed.
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Speeding Up Your PC, Part 3: Getting Crucial Updates
Posted by: Chris Cope August 25, 2012 05:00 AMLots of people think that updates aren’t really that important. In the past, updating a program often involved implementing small features or fixes that, most of the time, didn’t seem worth the bother. While this may still be true for some applications, there’s no doubt that updates are crucial for much of the software running on your computer. Programs need updates not only to fix problems and install new features, but also to speed up overall performance.