Depending on what you are referencing, the easiest answer is that as hardware gets better/faster/cheaper, software is written to work on what is current so newer software will run up against limits on older hardware.
Another answer is that you might have some vulnerabilities that is allowing malware to get onto your system and suddenly your system is so busy dealing with those demands and there are fewer resources available to do what you normally do.
GrimJack
Posting Maven
2,920 posts since Feb 2004
Reputation Points: 1,448
Solved Threads: 22