Whether you use your old notebook every day or you’ve consigned it to a shelf in the closet, there’s a good chance that a few inexpensive upgrades can grant it new life. To demonstrate how you can revive a lethargic laptop, each month we’re giving one reader’s old system a mobile makeover.

Student Makeover

Mobile Makeover: The Student
In the second installment of our upgrade series, we revived one reader's lethargic laptop.

Media Hub Makeover

Media Hub Makeover Video
Watch as LAPTOP makes over one lucky reader's aging Sony VAIO into a media hub, capable of streaming video and music to her big screen TV and stereo.

Media Hub Makeover: How We Did It
You've watched the video. Now read a step-by-step account of how we turned an ancient notebook into a modern media hub. You'll see how easy it is to do this project yourself, without breaking the bank.

Business Traveler Makeover

Business Traveler Makeover Video
Watch as LAPTOP makes over a business professional's sluggish Dell Inspiron into a multitasking, TV-slinging, road warrior-ready notebook.

Mobile Makeover: Business Traveler Product Roundup
LAPTOP Magazine rebuilds a business traveler's aging machine with new hardware and peripherals for better performance and longer battery life on the go.