I mean it's not literally killing old PC hardware, but it is meaning old PCs are now becoming worthless e-waste (aka dead) because they can't browse websites like YouTube and playback videos... The internet is not designed for older hardware anymore, so it doesn't really matter what operating system you put on it, normal websites are now so multi-media rich and advert packed, that older hardware is going to struggle. In this video I try Windows 8.1 and Puppy Linux on old hardware (ASUS X102B touch-screen laptop, with AMD A4-1200 dual-core 1GHz, 4GB RAM, SSD drive), to see how it performs with a news website (The Guardian) and YouTube video playback...
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