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Lightweight Alternatives to Resource-Hogging PC Software

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

10 lightweight apps to make older PCs fly” is a list of applications that run well on computers with a limited amount of memory and other system resources. If your computer is slowing down, give the software on the list a try.

The lightweight application list features a few Of Zen and Computing favorites such as IrfanView, VLC Media Player and CCleaner. Each program highlighted solves a similar problem as more common, heavyweight applications such as AIM and MS Word, but require less resources in order to perform their tasks. The result is that you can get your work done faster on a computer that’s beginning to show its age.

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