For you people still using 486 personal computers, be assured that NASA still uses them, too. They just got the Hubble Space Telescope up and running again by switching to a backup 486 computer that ...

Hi, I'm not a regular to the CPU forum of Ars, but I did a search for upgrading the 486 and came up with nothing. Basically, I got this 486SX-25 MHz comp for free today (as a secondary comp to my ...

That 486 DX2 66 megahertz personal computer that you bought five years ago for $2,300 is now worth $150 _ at best _ and that includes the monitor. It’s enough to make a consumer cry. Computer experts ...

A couple of weekends ago I helped two close friends buy their first personal computers. One spent nearly $2,000 for the computer and monitor. The other spent $450. The difference? My friend who spent ...