Q: I finally upgraded my old, slow laptop for a newer model. I know throwing old computers in the dumpster is bad for the environment, but I also don’t want it just collecting dust in my home. How do ...

The year was 1986 and Bud Ballos was an eighth-grader, a proud owner of a brand-new computer with “a weird thing” called a mouse. Remember the Apple II? It was a fixture in many a middle school ...

Sometimes it can feel like a slow laptop or a balky phone is so old that it belongs in a museum, but the Vintage Computer Festival West celebrates pieces of technology from decades past that actually ...

There was a time when seeing an actual computer was a big deal. They were in air-conditioned rooms with raised floors and locked doors. Even at a university, you were likely only to get access to a ...

Though packed away in garages and basements or collecting dust on a bookshelf, the computers of decades past are often things ...

For the last few years, we’ve been going to the Vintage Computer Festival East in New Jersey. This is one of the best cons we go to every year; there are dozens of interesting exhibitors, awesome ...

It's always fun to take a walk down memory lane, especially the gold age in the advent of Personal Computing technologies. Some of the best ways to revisit this era are through print magazine ads that ...

Run Windows XP, Mac OS 9, Windows 11, Super Mario Bros. and more on your Mac. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Collecting old video game consoles and vintage computers is a fun hobby, but ...

My Macintosh Classic with matching ADB keyboard and mouse. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac What makes people start collecting vintage Macs? There are many reasons. Some folks want to play ...

In a world where millions of people carry a 1990s-grade supercomputer in their pockets, it’s fun to revisit tech from a time when a 1 megahertz machine on a desktop represented a significant leap ...

The 7th annual Vintage Computer Festival East will be held on Saturday, May 14th and Sunday, May 15th, at the InfoAge Science Center at Wall, New Jersey. The doors open at 10:00am each day. Speakers ...

A new iPhone 17 can cost up to $2,000, but if you have any old Apple products worth money, you may be able to pull down sums that dwarf that price. Some early-model Apple computers, personal digital ...