From turning an old desktop PC into a media server to aiding research, here are five ways I'm upcycling old desktops.

So, you start seeing signs that your computer is getting too old — the screen keeps freezing, the hardware starts making weird noises, and the system is unbearably slow. And now, you need a ...

Although I’ve moved my old desktop PC down to the basement for gaming purposes, it’s hard to resist playing games on this ultrawide screen. My little desktop PC isn’t powerful enough ...

If you don’t want to waste an old or obsolete laptop, though, there’s a way to reuse at least the screen out of one. Simply grab an FPGA off the shelf and get to work. [Martin] shows us all ...

vintage Macintosh computers. Now before you say anything, it’s true that ChromiVNC has existed for some time, and is a pretty decent remote desktop server for old Macs. However MiniVNC has ...