7. Optimize Your System to Your Liking
OSes of the modern day come with a lot of features that can take up a lot of processing power. Many of them, like the search function in Windows 7 and up, can be very useful for people who need to access different files that they would have to look for otherwise. However, not everyone uses or needs that so disabling it could save you some resources. There are countless other features that could follow this example across every OS out there so take the time to look around your system settings.
