Google offers a free, lightweight operating system that essentially turns any machine into a Chromebook. It's a great way to keep an aging computer in service longer.

Before you throw away that old computer, learn about the free recycling programs offered by retailers like Best Buy, Staples ...

If you're a student anywhere between grade school and grad school, your laptop is like an appendage. It's an on-the-go, always-on schoolwork and entertainment center. It gets stuffed into your bag in ...

While it may sound like an exaggeration, containers require a fraction of the processing power of their VM counterparts. As such, if your old laptop buckles under the load of a GUI-laden virtual ...

Need to get rid of an old laptop? Why not donate it...by mail. Here's the details from local non-profit InterConnection Today InterConnection.org, a Seattle non-profit committed to technology reuse ...

Old laptops and devices that might otherwise end up in the trash are getting a second life — and so are the people who ...

Slow, hot, and always running out of battery? These 6 signs reveal when your old laptop has reached the end of its life—and ...

A new PC is rarely a spontaneous purchase: people usually try to continue using their old computer for as long as possible.

If you've been toting around an old laptop, cursing the wheel of doom and wishing you could upgrade, Best Buy has an offer that can make an already affordable Chromebook even more doable. Between now ...