Published May 2, 2026, 12:54 PM EDT Gaurav Shukla is a technology journalist with over a decade of experience reporting and writing about consumer technology. His work has appeared in Android Police, BGR, XDA Developers, and NDTV Gadgets 360.  Gaurav started his technology writing career with a self-published Android blog called AndroidOS.in, where he covered everything about Android from T-Mobile G1 to HTC's descent into smartphone oblivion. He has also curated technology news coverage for Microsoft's MSN.com. Outside of writing, he keeps up with everything happening in the streaming wars. His insatiable appetite for new and exciting content has led him to binge hundreds, if not thousands, of TV shows. If your aging PC is struggling to keep up with the demands of a modern Windows version, you are not alone. It's pretty common for older hardware to be left behind as software evolves. However, that doesn't mean your system is ready for an e-waste dump.…