Reader Karen Evans has been thwarted in an attempt to install software on her Mac. She writes: Over the holidays I passed along an old Mac mini to my son. When setting it up I inserted a CD to install ...

Ok, I struggled with where to put this since I don't know that it really fits anywhere. I'm trying to load up Ubuntu Server 12.04 on an old Pentium 2 - 400 circa 1998 (Hey! It meets the minimum ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...