Do you have a computer or smartphone that's easy to repair? Or, when your laptop or phone needs service, will you be forced to buy a whole new device? A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund ...

Laptop giant Lenovo has partnered with repair and upgrade watchdog iFixit to boost the fixability of its mass-selling IT-darling machines. Here’s a taster of the collaboration’s first fruits. I have ...

We live and work in a cold, cruel world where our laptops take a lot of abuse. Regardless of how gentle we try to be, it’s inevitable that sooner or later our notebooks will get dropped, spilled on ...

Gaming laptops promise desktop-class performance in a backpack, but repair benches tell a different story. High failure rates, cooked components and batteries that give up early are so common that ...

There was a time when PC RAM and storage products were sold with lifetime warranties. Replacement of these components was an inconvenience at worst, with parts exhibiting great reliability and sold at ...

Tired of glued-down components and disposable tech? Discover four laptop brands leading the charge with modular designs and easy self-repairs.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to the arguments about the benefits of owning a Mac vs. a PC — whether it's running Windows or a flavor of Linux — the biggest ...

Come for the repairable, upgradeable design and swappable ports. Stay for the great screen and powerful processor. Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide It’s 2023 and things are a little ...

iFixit has gone from niche internet community to in-demand partner of tech companies, as consumer-focused right-to-repair legislation pops up across Europe and the US. A few feet away from me in the ...

Dell's easily disassembled laptop prototype, which we saw first in 2021, returns with a new design that promise benefits for Dell, the consumer, and the environment. I’ve been a consumer PC expert at ...

Framework is the first tech company in quite some time that has earned the right to refer to itself as one of a kind. The company, founded by former Apple software developer Nirav Patel, revolves ...