Sure, buying a good used PC takes a little more work, but a laptop or desktop from a few years ago can be much cheaper. And it’ll be powerful enough to browse the internet, hop on video calls and edit ...

I recently tried to use a Raspberry Pi 5 as a regular desktop PC. The experiment wasn’t a failure—I was able to use a Pi to get most of my work done for a few days. But the device’s performance, and ...

Tradeoffs of price vs. performance as well as computing capability influence the decision of whether to purchase a new or refurbished computer. What’s involved in refurbishing a computer? Limitations ...

At MacFixIt and on various Apple-related discussion and support forums, many people mention problems and odd behavior they get from recently purchased used computers. Someone will buy a computer on ...

Buying PC components at a store like Best Buy or Micro Center is easy. You pick what you want and take it to the register.

In November, I wrote a column on knowing when to replace a personal computer. In it, I told the sad tale of my daughter who’d cracked the screen of her gaming laptop. She wound up replacing it with a ...

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