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Comprehensive tech news and reviews from GetConnected. This video focuses on how to recycle an old computer.

GetConnected TV gives you up to date tech news and reviews on products to help you at home and in the office,this video will focus on how to erase a computer's hard drive.

GetConnected TV gives you up to date tech news and reviews on products to help you at home and in the office,this video will focus on how to save your laptop battery.

Should I buy a new computer? What should I get? This is another CnP Systems Quick Tips session with some basic principles to think about when buying a new computer. If you have further questions, don't hesitate to visit our website (cnpsys.com/request.html) and send us your question.

A guide on removing the bottom case in a 17 inch Macbook Pro Unibody model.

A guide on removing the battery, optical drive, and hard drive in a 17 inch Macbook Pro Unibody model.

If you switched to Mac from the PC, there are likely a few Windows applications that you miss. Running Windows on the Mac as a virtual machine though, you can run Windows apps full screen on your Mac and you'd swear you were sitting at a PC. You can also use "Unity" mode and run Windows programs inside OSX.

If you use a mouse with your Mac you'll find that you have all kinds of configurable options. The famed (and sometimes maligned) Mighty Mouse gives you plenty of buttons and the Mouse options on the Mac give you lots of options to choose from.

The Mac makes networking really easy. However, for PCs in your house, it can be very difficult to "see" your Mac on the network. Connecting from the Mac to the PC is generally pretty easy. Once you know what to look for it's really easy to be able to let the PC see the Mac and connect to it.

After installing a lot of programs on your Mac the "Open With" dialog can get completely overloaded. At some point you may get tired of seeing the huge list of programs every time it comes up. There is a solution. We'll show you how to clean the Mac Open With menu.

When you get your Mac the Dock is set with certain defaults. You may like it like that, but then again you may not. You can easily tweak the way your Dock looks and acts to get a very personalized Dock that performs the way you want.

Computers are great devices and generally easy-to-use unless you have problems with vision or hearing. You may not be able to easily see what's on the screen. You may not be able to hear an alert. If you have motion problems you may not be able to hold down multiple keys. For all these reasons and more, Universal Access exists to make your life easier.