Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Most users need about 8 GB of RAM, but to use several apps at once, you might need 16 GB or more. If you don't have enough RAM, your computer will run slowly and apps will lag. VRAM is located on your ...

We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Kimber Streams Kimber Streams is a writer who has been covering laptops and other tech at ...

Pop quiz: How often do you need to restart your computer for best performance? Here’s a hint. If you only do it when your machine crashes or needs to update, that’s not enough. Tap or click for my ...

You can wipe your Windows PC in the Recovery section of the Settings app. To wipe a Mac, shut it down first, and during startup, use Disk Utility to erase your drive. You can also wipe a Chromebook in ...

There's no avoiding it: Your desktop or laptop computer isn't going to last forever. Eventually the time will come when you need to abandon it—responsibly disposing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

This is an opinion editorial by Arman The Parman, a Bitcoin educator passionate about privacy and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine. What’s Wrong With Using A Regular Computer? When making bitcoin ...

We independently review everything we recommend. We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Thorin Klosowski We’ve updated this with Windows 11 and Android 12 information. Your ...

Jory Denny is a member of two professional societies: the Association of Computing Machinery and IEEE. He is associated with Waymo LLC. The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, ...

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, ...