We may be a country obsessed with fixing our homes and tricking out our cars, but we usually throw away our PCs when they start to give us trouble. These days, however, the recession and the tight ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In many parts of the world, owning a personal computer is practically required in order to operate in society, and it has been for quite a ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

Q: I finally upgraded my old, slow laptop for a newer model. I know throwing old computers in the dumpster is bad for the environment, but I also don’t want it just collecting dust in my home. How do ...

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Bodhi Linux has always held a soft spot in my heart. Not only is it a beautiful, user-friendly operating system, it reminds me of my earlier days with Linux. That is mostly because the default "Moshka ...

Some computers are ready for a new lease on life. Computer companies come out with new machines every year: faster, better, more powerful, more efficient, and sometimes even cheaper. But what do you ...

To donate to Goodwill, use Dell's How to Recycle page to find a drop-off location. You can also rid of your old computer through Best Buy, either over the mail or in person. To recycle the computer, ...

Buying a desktop computer may seem old-school, but retailers keep selling them for good reason. Compared with similarly priced laptops, they often are more powerful, offer more storage, and let you ...

The best desktop computers can elevate your home computing setup in a way that a compact laptop never could. When you don’t have to cram your CPU, RAM, storage, graphics card, screen and keyboard into ...