Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? With just a bit of extra effort, you can transform an old gaming PC into an ...

The fully built desktop contains dummy disk drives, along with that old-school 1990s beige aesthetic that was once common ...

I’m constantly testing all kinds of laptops and desktops, but none of them have been able to replace my custom Windows gaming PC as my main machine for work and play. Between my computer’s powerful ...

Roger is a long-time tech journalist with many site credits including AppleInsider and Android Authority. His specialties include everything from Apple, Android, and Windows devices through to ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I had long thought about it, but I could never justify ...

No rest for the wicked.

I turned a forgotten laptop into a full media server—no money, no pain.

I’ve always been a PC guy, even when other content creators were waving MacBooks around. I’ll state up front that I don’t game, so everything I do on a laptop revolves around video editing. To handle ...

Should you put your PC on a desk or on the ground? It’s a debate as old as time. If you have the luxury of both options, then this is a choice you’ll inevitably need to make. But let me lay my cards ...

It’s very easy to say “you must back up your computer,” but doing so can sometimes feel like a chore. After all, catastrophic data loss doesn’t feel like it should be a common occurrence. It couldn’t ...

Frying a computer component with static is one of those things that very rarely ever happens. Yet it can happen, as I found out recently through personal experience ...