They don't. Yes they might get slower as newer software imposes higher demands on less-capable hardware. But they shouldn't freeze. That sounds like a faulty h

They don't. Yes they might get slower as newer software imposes higher demands on less-capable hardware. But they shouldn't freeze. That sounds like a faulty hardware issue, or, more likely, a configuration issue. Once upon a time, the saying was "If you want to speed up a slow machine, throw more RAM at it" as more RAM meant less slow swapping/caching to slow hard-drives.