There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

I hope this is the place to post this. I'm thinking about upgrading my laptop from its original HDD to an SSD. Is this as simple as swapping one for the other, or are there particular considerations ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lenovo made it relatively easy to swap out RAM and storage in its updated Legion Y700 series of ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Upgrading your notebook's legacy hard drive to a new, fast SSD is a substantial upgrade that makes good sense for a number of reasons. First, Solid State Drives offer orders of magnitude higher ...

If you bought your iMac 3-5 years ago, there’s probably nothing so seriously wrong with the hardware that you need to consider replacing the machine. Sure, the new iMac with 5K Retina Display looks a ...

Do you know how much better the world would be if every single hard drive were replaced with an equally large SSD? It's a far-fetched fantasy, and we're decades out from that being even close to true, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lenovo's Legion Y500- and Y700- series laptops climb in price quickly, especially when you get ...