Chrome OS Flex is an operating system that can help revive old PCs and MacBooks. If your PC or MacBook doesn't run well anymore, you can erase the OS and replace it with Chrome OS Flex. All you need ...

Older laptops can easily be converted to DIY Chromebooks via the use of ChromeOS Flex. The OS is free and easy to install, ...

Chromebooks are wonderful computers. Cheap, light, portable, and capable of doing what most people want a computer to do, they’re also secure and regularly updated (as long as they’re still within ...

It’s not pleasant seeing a once-beloved laptop (or desktop) computer slowly slide into obsolescence as it gets too old and tired to keep up with the demands of modern-day computing, but Google has now ...

When my brother was killed in 2017, I inherited his Apple setup, including a 2012 Mac mini. Initially inclined to donate the computer, I decided to keep it as a reminder of the Apple-obsessed Frankie.

Chromebooks are generally viewed as the hallmark of power-efficient computing. Because of their lower-power needs than Windows counterparts, Chromebooks often come by cheap. This makes them immensely ...

Google has officially released ChromeOS Flex, a method of replacing the operating system on older PCs and Macs that essentially turns them into Chromebooks. The idea is that if you have an aging Mac ...

We kick the tires on Flex and install it on some old hardware for good measure.

If you have an aging Mac lying around that struggles to run the latest macOS and has stopped receiving security updates from Apple, it's possible to give it a secure second life by installing software ...