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In XP, If I enable adblockplus in opera or firefox, browsing speed slows down roughly 40-50%.

So, what's worse, less ads and slower browsing or more ads faster browsing? I'm still a fan of faster browsing. Is there something wrong in my settings maybe? You would think with an adblocker, things would speed up, but it has never been so.
 
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When good computer's MoBo batteries start to die, I'll see "Can't boot - insert bootable disk" notices. Then, I go into the BIOS Setup and re-state which drive is the boot drive.

If that works and Windows starts properly, then I know the BIOS's battery-backup is failing and it's time to get a new battery. This is really only used during power-down times and start-ups, so a dying or fading battery isn't a big deal - unless it's bleeding and oozing, and then, well...
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Yes. It's slower. The more scanning services required, the slower things get. Isn't this exactly what you're expecting? "Ask it to do a lot more, wait more for those services to complete." This IS what you're asking for.
 
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No, I actually wasn't expecting everything to slow down like that, but understand it better now since your post, thanks. My build is 14 years old, so would a faster newer system speed up the scanning speed on the web pages, or does that have nothing to do with my pc at all since I will still be getting the same download speeds?
 
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Modern software (like Firefox, Opera) can utilize multiple cores in modern CPUs - to one degree or another. Your download speeds won't change, but the processing of various add-ons might improve ("should improve" would be a phrase IF we lived in an Oh-So-Perfect-World, where all marketing claims were true... cough cough).

For me, I reduce browser add-on's, no special toolbars, etc - I run as minimalist as possible and 'settle' for best processing speeds.

If you spent money on new equipment, do you have services on the old computer that are required? Irreplaceable? Think of those. I have several old PCs that I'll keep running 'forever' because their production services are not replaceable by their newer, more modern software. The new stuff does less AND it costs new money! What a rip-off! So, I keep the old ones doing exactly what I need.
 
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I'm doing a "secret" build for my Wife's birthday so it will be fun to see how the newer stuff works, but I won't hold my breath. Me too, I reduce the add ons as well as no special tool bars, but for some reason, on my old system Firefox is constantly freezing so I use opera now and it's blazing fast. FF runs great on her old system though so it can be confusing.

Yep, I'm keeping and running all our old pc's, in our family. One is 14 years old, the other two 13 years old. I haven't even replaced the mobo battery in both desktops yet as it's still working.
 
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When good computer's MoBo batteries start to die, I'll see "Can't boot - insert bootable disk" notices. Then, I go into the BIOS Setup and re-state which drive is the boot drive.

If that works and Windows starts properly, then I know the BIOS's battery-backup is failing and it's time to get a new battery. This is really only used during power-down times and start-ups, so a dying or fading battery isn't a big deal - unless it's bleeding and oozing, and then, well...
 
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