@skylar Many computers from 2009 weren't in fact slow and stuff like 16GB of RAM wasn't unheard of.

Computers haven't got that much faster since 2009, since the main thing slowing things down is memory speeds and memory hasn't got that much faster - the main improvement has been power efficiency, but power consumption wise, the amount required for manufacturing exceeds the efficiency gains if one partakes in the typical degenerate behavior of landfilling a computer every 2 years and buying a new one.

A good computer from 2009 would only would require a drive upgrade to a SSD to run most of the currently available proprietary malware, alas microsoft is really good at making things exponentially more bloated and slower.