In your experience of owning a computer, you have undoubtedly had someone recommend that defragging your hard drive will make it run faster.  This is mostly true, but there are some underlying concepts that you should know.

In our years as computer repair technicians, it has always amazed us at what people will pay for a computer.  This is not to say that we think people are paying too much for their specific computers, it's just that people will buy a much more powerful computer than they need.  In our experience, the vast majority of PC owners use their computers for 2 simple tasks:  Internet and E-mail.  These tasks can be accomplished by even the most basic of computers.