Frugal laptop story: don’t chuck out your old laptop always

Bought a HP Laptop in around 2010/2011 (was the best quality and quite expensive back then) and it’s still going like new in 2025. The network card gave out in 2020 but I put in like a $7 wifi USB adapter and it’s running perfectly now.

I was about to spend a shit tonne on a new laptop, throw away the thing destroying the environment a little more, but now I think it will make it to 2030.

Thought this is an inspiring story since we live in a throw away society and probably you can pick up these old laptops for basically free and put $7 into them and you can get a decade out of them.

I mean if you’re not gaming then why do you need an upgrade?