Before you recycle that old laptop, consider some of the uses for them you might not have considered.

Don't throw away your old laptop just yet. We found a "clever" DIY trick that turns your retired hardware into the a fast portable drive you can own.

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 ...

We recommend backing up your data and then erasing your computer's storage before donating, selling, or recycling your machine. Best Buy has a pretty extensive and well-known trade-in program that ...

If you've been collecting tech for a while, you might have at least one old PC you don't use anymore. Find a new use for the case instead of throwing it out.

If you're thinking of buying a new computer to replace your mind-bogglingly slow laptop, think again. These simple upgrades ...

Computers running Windows 10—that is, most laptops sold between late 2015 and 2021—are fairly easy to get up and running if they have no major hardware problems. Upgrade to Windows 11 if you can ...

Once that old laptop or printer stops working, you need to get rid of it. However, that can be easier said than done. Throwing it in the trash will only lead to more items that could be recycled ...

If you have a growing graveyard of old printers and laptops in your closet, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, probably because ...

I found an old low ish end laptop that I thought was dead. It happens that we could use an extra machine in the house now, charged it and it seems to work fine. It's an i3 something (forgot generation ...