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By David Nield | 05.28.24

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 of it along the way, of course—and upgrade to a new machine.

But maybe you're not quite at that stage yet. Maybe you need to eke out a little more life from the computer you've got before turning to a new one. If you'd rather keep your old computer in service a little longer, you've got more options than you might think. 

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Everything You Can Do to Keep an Old Computer Running

You have options that don't involve saying goodbye to your hardware.

 

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