A recent CNET survey found that 31% of US adults are still holding onto unused old devices, including laptops, because ...

Your old desktop computer could give up its unused computing power for projects like MindModeling@Home, which is working to build a better understanding of the workings of the human brain through ...

The Apple Macintosh 128K wasn't the first computer developed and launched by Apple, but when it launched in January 24th, 1984, it was considered the best computer on the market. After the launch ...

You want to squeeze as much life from a laptop or desktop computer as possible. Doing so can save a substantial amount of money over time, and stops you from contributing to mountains of e-waste .

Putting in the new drive gave the old computer a kick in the pants, raising its performance potential to 360.5 on the benchmark test. That’s an 11% improvement over its score after the RAM upgrade.

With these eight lightweight Linux distributions that can help give old computers new life, you can save some money and the environment by keeping hardware around that cannot run the most modern ...

Desktop PCs are not dead. Well, not dead dead, anyway. Sure, these days phones and tablets have replaced PCs for a lot of us when it comes to getting day-to-day stuff done.

I still have my old desktop and my frame-backpack gathering dust in my garage. I’ve been meaning to haul them away, but without the energy of my youth they are too heavy for me to move.

A cheap desktop computer for your child to tinker with can offer a much-needed taste of freedom—and responsibility—during coronavirus lockdown.